GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A light year
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An Astronomical Unit
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A light minute
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A light second
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, the average distance from Earth to the sun is about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers). Scientists also call this distance one astronomical unit (AU).
Detailed explanation-2: -The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or AU or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun and approximately equal to 150 million kilometres (93 million miles) or 8.3 light-minutes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is called astronomical unit. Its value is approximately equal to 1.5×1011 m.
Detailed explanation-4: -An astronomical unit (AU) is the mean distance between the center of the Earth and the center of the sun. The actual distance varies depending on the time of year, because the Earth’s orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle.