An astronomical unit is not larger than a light year. A light years is considered to be approximately 62,000 times larger than an astronomical unit.
A light year is much larger. 1 light year = 63,240 Astronomical Units
kilometer, AU (astronomical unit), light year, parsec.
No. 150 million km is the distance from Earth to Sun, and this distance is called an AU (astronomical unit). Light travels this distance in about 8 minutes.A light-year is the distance traveled by light in a year, which of course is much more than the distance traveled in 8 minutes. A light-year is approximately 9.461 x 10 to the power 12 km.
Earth is one astronomical unit away from the sun.
Earth is one astronomical unit away from the sun.
An astronomical unit is not larger than a light year. A light years is considered to be approximately 62,000 times larger than an astronomical unit.
A light year is larger than an astronomical unit.
A light year is much larger. 1 light year = 63,240 Astronomical Units
A light year is much larger. 1 light year = 63,240 Astronomical Units
See the Question "http://wiki.answers.com/An_astronmoical_unit_is_a_larger_distance_unit_than_a_light_yearQuote "One light year is about 63,200 AU. An astronomical unit is about 8 light-minutes."
One Light-year is 63,024 Astronomical units.
A light year is about 63,000 times greater than an astronomical unit.
The light year by far. It is equal to about 63,241 AU's and each AU is about 93,000,000 miles (the distance from the earth to the sun). Over all a light year is close to 6 trillion miles.
a light year, a mile, one astronomical unit
The astronomical unit is the mean distance from Earth to Sun. It is commonly used for distances in the Solar System. This way, it is easier to imagine the distances, since the meter or kilometer are very small units (an astronomical unit is about 150 million km, or 150 billion meters), and the light year and the parsec are very large units (a light-year is about 63,000 astronomical units, the parsec is even larger). Light-minutes or light-hours might be used instead, within the Solar System, but the astronomical unit has become quite popular.
kilometer, AU (astronomical unit), light year, parsec.
-- the Astronomical Unit -- the Light Year -- the Parsec -- the Magnitude