Usage of "astronomical units"

Russian

а. е.

Portuguese

unidades astronómicas

Spanish

unidad astronómica

Catalan

unitat astronòmica

Mean distance between Earth and the Sun, common length reference in astronomy.

Related terms

а. е.

Usage of astronomical units in English

It's large object hundreds of astronomical units from the Sun. 
 The new yorker 

Now, however, a sweep had discovered this crystal at a distance of two astronomical units. 
 Devourer 

When you have to measure them in astronomical units, it probably isn't a good bet. 
 Small favor 

The reassurance that there were, in fact, eleven human souls closer than eight astronomical units away. 
 Earth strike: star carrier: book one 

Or about one hundred astronomical units. 
 Beyond The Frontier: Guardian 

The distance to be traveled was roughly one and a half light-hours-sometwelve astronomical units of ninety-threemillion miles each. 
 A Matter of Importance 

Opening its affinity full, projecting a wordless shout of joy and sorrow over a spherical zone thirty astronomical units in radius. 
 The Reality Dysfunction 

That meant that by now they could have traveled anywhere between one and two billion kilometers-say ,betweensix and thirteen astronomical units. 
 Earth strike: star carrier: book one 

At the moment, New Horizons is about 10 astronomical units (the average distance between the Sun and the Earth) from Pluto. 
 Wired 

Struve found the probable velocity of the solar system in space to be fifteen miles a second, or five astronomical units a year. 
 History of Astronomy 

In the universe outside, six and a half hours slipped away, and with them another 7 billion kilometers, or forty-six more astronomical units. 
 Earth strike: star carrier: book one 

Starman made its Martian approach "within 0.05 astronomical units, or under 5 million miles, of the Red Planet". 
 The South African 

A substellar-mass object in orbit at about 300 astronomical units from the young low-mass star G 196-3 was detected by direct imaging. 
 Pubmed 

Previous close encounter Back in July, Asteroid 2020ND measuring 170 metres in diameter came within 0.034 astronomical units (AU) of Earth. 
 The South African 

Asteroids and other space materials are considered near-Earth objects if they pass within 1.3 astronomical units of our planet -or 149 million km. 
 News.com.au 

The white dwarf orbited Eta Boötis A at a distance of 1.4 astronomical units, with a period of about one and a third years. 
 Earth strike: star carrier: book one 