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Astronomical units are used to measure distances in space.

These units are:

1. Astronomical unit: 1 ua = 1,495 978 707 00 × 1011 ± 3 m

2. Parsec: 3,1.1013 km

3. Light year: 1013 km (exactly 960 730 472 580,8 km)

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