average distance between sun and earth
Astronomical Unit (A.U.). An astronomical unit (A.U.) is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun, which is about 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers.Astronomical units are usually used to measure distances within our solar system.ne kiloparsec (kpc), is one thousand parsecs. One megaparsec (Mpc) is one million parsecs. SUMMARY 1 Astronomical Unit (A.U.) is the average distance between the Sun and the Earth. 1 A.U. = 93 million miles = 150 million kilometers 1 light-year (ly) is the distance that light travels in one year in a vacuum.