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Meanings of astronomical unit in English

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Portuguese
unidades astronómicas
Spanish
unidad astronómica
Catalan
unitat astronòmica
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Mean distance between Earth and the Sun, common length reference in astronomy.

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        Usage of astronomical unit in English
        1
        One astronomical unit is the distance between the Earth and the sun.
        Wired
        2
        Say you make the sphere one astronomical unit in radius.
        Ringworld
        3
        We could attend sky parties, join an astronomical unit, and learn about the sky together!
        Wired
        4
        What the hell is an astronomical unit?
        Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
        5
        That was one astronomical unit, equal to about 93 million miles, the distance from earth to the sun.
        Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet
        6
        That was one astronomical unit, equal to about ninety-three million miles, the distance from Earth to the sun.
        Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
        7
        Faster-than-light weaponry at any rate; she's got to be nearly an astronomical unit out and we're getting hit instantaneously every time.
        Broken angels
        8
        Our astronomical unit and standard of measurement is the distance of the earth from the sun-92,500,000miles.
        Recreations in Astronomy / With Directions for Practical Experim...
        9
        It takes Earth one year to orbit the sun, and it has an orbital distance of 1 AU ( astronomical unit-distancefrom Earth to sun).
        Wired
        10
        Thus, by laying down our astronomical unit 226,000 times, we measure to Alpha Centauri, more than twenty millions of millions of miles.
        Recreations in Astronomy / With Directions for Practical Experim...
        11
        It's large object hundreds of astronomical units from the Sun.
        The new yorker
        12
        Eight light-minutes was one Astronomical Unit, one of the most ancient of all measures.
        Cauldron of Ghosts
        13
        Now, however, a sweep had discovered this crystal at a distance of two astronomical units.
        Devourer
        14
        When you have to measure them in astronomical units, it probably isn't a good bet.
        Small favor
        15
        The reassurance that there were, in fact, eleven human souls closer than eight astronomical units away.
        Earth strike: star carrier: book one
        16
        In short, the Astronomical Unit (AU) is the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
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