Astronomical unit

Astronomical unit is length unit, symbol: [AU]. Definition of 1 astronomical unit ≡ 149597870700 m. ≈ Distance from Earth to Sun . Compared to metre, astronomical unit is bigger unit.

• 1 [AU] = (exactly) `149597870700` [m]

• 1 [m] = (exactly) `1/(149597870700)` [AU] = 6.6845871222684 × 10^-12 [AU]

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[AU]
=? micrometre
=? millimetre
=? centimetre
=? metre
=? kilometre
=? foot (International)
=? inch (International)
=? line
=? mile (international)
=? point (PostScript)
=? yard (International)
=? zoll

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Length units sort by name in ABC order

..to ångström (metric)
astronomical unit
..to barleycorn
..to bohr, atomic unit of length
..to cable length (imperial)
..to cable length (International)
..to cable length (US)
..to centimetre (metric)
..to chain
..to cubit
..to decimetre (metric)
..to dekametre (metric)
..to ell
..to fathom
..to fermi
..to finger
..to finger (cloth)
..to foot (Benoît)
..to foot (Cape)
..to foot (Clarke's)
..to foot (Indian)
..to foot (International)
..to foot, metric
..to foot, metric (long)
..to foot, metric (short)
..to foot (Sear's)
..to foot (US Survey)
..to french; charriere
..to furlong
..to hand
..to hectometre (metric)
..to inch (International)
..to kilometre (metric)
..to league (land)
..to light-day
..to light-hour
..to light-minute
..to light-second
..to light-year
..to line
..to link (Gunter's; Surveyor's)
..to link (Ramsden's; Engineer's)
..to metre (metric)
..to mickey
..to micrometre (metric)
..to micron
..to mil (Sweden and Norway)
..to mil; thou
..to mile (geographical)
..to mile (international)
..to mile (tactical or data)
..to mile (telegraph)
..to mile (US Survey)
..to millimetre (metric)
..to nail (cloth)
..to nanometre (metric)
..to nautical league
..to nautical mile (Admiralty)
..to nautical mile (international)
..to nautical mile (US pre 1954)
..to pace
..to palm
..to parsec
..to pica (PostScript)
..to picometre (old: bicron, stigma)
..to pikometre (metric)
..to point (American, English)
..to point (Didot; European)
..to point (PostScript)
..to point (TeX)
..to quarter
..to rod; pole; perch
..to rope
..to shaku (Japan)
..to span
..to spat
..to stick
..to twip
..to x unit; siegbahn
..to yard (International)
..to zoll

Source or more info

The astronomical unit gets fixed : Nature News & Comment. Nature.com. doi:10.1038/nature.2012.11416.. http://www.nature.com/news/the...