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Astronomical Unit- The distance between objects in the solar system!
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To revolve around the sun?
The term used to describe Earth travelling around the Sun is orbit.
How do I use astronomical unit in a sentence?
An Astronomical Unit is the distance between Earth and the Sun and is used as a measurement unit for measuring the distances of other objects from Earth.
What is the sun's diameter in centimeters?
This is approximately 138,000,000,000 centimeters. But the most common measurement used for denoting the sun's diameter is Kilometers; about 1,380,000 Kilometers, which is ten times the diameter of the earth.
Why did the Au is not used to measure distances on earth?
AU is not used to measure the distances on earth, because a astronomical unit is a unit of measurement equal to the distance between Earth and Sun. So that's why you cannot use Au for measure the distances on Earth.
How far in au is earth from the sun?
Good question. The answer is one. The term AU, or astronomical unit was defined as the distance from the Earth to the sun. It is 93 million miles and is used in solar system distances. The term light year is used for far greater distances, but the AU is still given.
What is an astronomiacal unit?
An Astronomical Unit is a unit of measurement roughly equal to the average distance between the Earth and the Sun; about 150 Million Kilometres.
What is the unit of measurement between earth and sun?
The average distance between Sun and Earth is called the "astronomical unit". It is approximately 150 million km.
What term is used to describe the main source of energy used to determine the weather on earth?
The Sun. Obviously if you don't know this by now you should go back to Middle School.
Term use when the earth is far from the sun?
Aphelion
What is the unit of measurement approximately e qual to the distance between the sun and the earth?
astronomical unit
The average distance between the earth and the sun is a standard measurement called?
astronomical unit i guess
Earth travels around the sun in light years?
how many light years the earth travels around the sunNo. The Earth travels around the Sun in a measurement of time called a year, which is one revolution or trip around the sun: approximately 584,020,178 miles.A light year is a measurement of distance that light travels in one year, which is approximately 5.88 Trillion (5,880,000,000,000) miles!
