astronomical unit (AU)
The mean distance between the Earth and the Sun. 1 AU = 149,597,870 kilometers = 92,955,806 miles = 499 light-seconds. One light-year equals 63,240 AU.
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Astronomical unit (AU): the average distance from the sun to Earth -- about 93 million miles (149 million kilometers). Earth is 1 AU from the sun.
Astronomical Unit (AU). Approximately equal to the mean earth-sun distance, which is about 150,000,000 km or 93,000,000 miles.
astronomical unit (AU)
149,597,870 km; the average distance from the Earth to the Sun.
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The study of the chemical interactions between the gases and dust interspersed between the stars.
Astronomical Unit (AU):
Average distance of the Earth from the Sun. Approximately equal to 150 million kilometres.
Astronomical Unit (AU). The mean Earth-Sun distance, equal to 1.496E+13cm or 214.94 solar radii.
Astronomical unit (AU): A unit of distance equal to the average distance between the Earth and the Sun, or 149.6 million kilometers (93 million miles).
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Astronomical Unit (AU)
Is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun. 1 AU = 93 million miles or 1.5 X 1011 meters or 1.5 X 109 km.
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Astronomical Unit (AU) The mean distance from the Earth to the Sun, i.e. 149,597,870 km or 499.005 light seconds.
Attitude The orientation of a spacecraft or satellite with respect to its direction of motion.
Astronomical Unit (AU) - The average distance between the Earth and the Sun
Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) - The portion of the H-R diagram occupied by enormous, cool stars with helium-burning shells ...
Astronomical Unit (AU). The mean distance between Earth and the Sun. A unit of distance, equal to 149 600 000 kilometres (92 900 000 miles).
Astrophysics. The study of the physical nature of celestial objects.
ASTRONOMICAL UNIT (AU) - Semi-major axis of the elliptical orbit of the Earth. The astronomical unit is also described as the "mean" distance (average of aphelion and perihelion distances) between the Earth and the Sun.
astronomical unit (AU) - a unit of length equal to the mean radius of the earth's orbit around the sun (93 million miles).
The astronomical unit (AU) is a unit of length approximately equal to the distance from the Earth to the Sun. The currently accepted value of the AU is 149 597 870 691 ± 30 metres (about 150 million kilometres or 93 million miles).
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One astronomical unit (AU) - the distance from the Sun to the Earth - is 4.85Ã-10âˆ'6 pc.
The most distant space probe, Voyager 1, was 5.1Ã-10âˆ'4 pc away from Earth in March as of 2008[update]. It took Voyager 30 years to cover that distance.
An astronomical unit (AU)is the distance between the Earth and Sun. In June 1993 radio signals were detected by the two Voyager spacecrafts.
orbit asteroid now called a dwarf planet or small solar-system body, depending on its characteristics astrology a belief system which claims that the positions of celestial objects can affect life on Earth astronomical unit (AU) a unit of ...
Large lengths, such as the radius of a giant star or the semi-major axis of a binary star system, are often expressed in terms of the astronomical unit (AU) — ...
The most commonly used unit of measurement for distances within the solar system is the astronomical unit (AU). The AU is based on the mean distance from the Sun to Earth, roughly 150,000,000 km.
Radar reflections from Venus and its angular separation from the Sun are used to calculate the numerical value of the Astronomical Unit (AU). You can use radar to measure distances out to 50 AU.
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The dimensions of this system are specified in terms of the mean distance from the earth to the sun, called the astronomical unit (AU). One AU is about 150 million km (about 93 million mi). The most distant known planet, Pluto, has an orbit at 39.
92,960,000 mi (149,591,000 km); this is taken as the astronomical unit (AU) of distance used for measuring distances within the solar system.
The basic unit of distance for the Solar System is the Astronomical Unit (AU). Roughly speaking, this is the distance of Earth from the center of the Sun.
In our solar system, we tend to describe distances in terms of the Astronomical Unit (AU). The AU is defined as the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. It is approximately 150 million km (93 million miles).
However, for objects within our own solar system, the smaller unit of the astronomical unit (AU) is used.
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Historically, transits of Venus were of paramount scientific interest, because it enabled astronomers to determine what's called the Astronomical Unit (AU) -- the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun.
This distance is defined as one Astronomical Unit (AU). The Earth is closest to the Sun (this is called perihelion) around January 2 each year (91.4 million miles = 147.1 million km); ...
18 : When a planet is less than one astronomical unit (AU) from Earth AND shares the same RA as the Sun, that planet must be ...
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at inferior conjunction.
A very useful approximate definition of the astronomical unit (AU) is:
1 AU = average distance between Sun and Earth = 1.496 × 108km
More accurately, the IAU has defined the AU as: ...
a measurement used by astronomers within the solar system; one astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance between Earth and the sun (about 93,000,000 miles or 150,000,000 kilometers)
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This distance is defined as one Astronomical Unit (AU). The Earth revolves around the Sun at a speed of about 18.5 miles/sec (30 km/sec).
HOW FAST IS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM MOVING WITHIN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY?
Apollo asteroids have an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and have a period longer than 1 year. They have a semimajor axes greater than 1 astronomical unit (au), and perihelion distances less than 1.017 au.
Sedna's orbit is an extraordinarily long path around the Sun. It currently is almost 90 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. That distance is referred to as one astronomical unit (AU), so Sedna's distance is almost 90 AU.
diameter of the Earth 13,000 km
height of a geostationary satellite 36,000 km
distance of the Moon 384,000 km
distance of the Sun 150,000,000 km - 1 Astronomical Unit (AU) ...
 See also: Earth, Astronomical Unit, Sun, Distance, AU
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