Units in Astronomy

 
Units in astronomy Kilometres Miles Astronmomical units
Astronomical unit (a.u.)- distance Earth to Sun 1.496 X 108 9.296 X 107
Light-year (l.y.) 9.461 X 1012 5.879 X 1012 63 X 103
Parsec (pc) 30.857 X 1012 19.174 X 1012 206 X 103
Kiloparsec (kpc) = 103 parsecs
Megaparsec (mpc) = 106 parsec
Velocity of light in a vaccum = 2.998 X 105 km per second (km/s)
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