3. Distances between planets are measured in
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Build background about the astronomical unit (AU).
Explain to students that an astronomical unit, or AU, is a simplified number used to describe a planet's distance from the sun. It is a unit of length equal to the average distance from Earth to sun, approximately 149,600,000 kilometers (92,957,000 miles).
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Astronomical units
For this reason, to calculate the distance, we use the average to measure how far planets are from one another. The Astronomical units (AU) column is the average distance between Earth and the Sun and is the most common way for scientists to measure distance in our Solar System
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