Astronomical Unit - Conversion Factors

Conversion Factors

  • 1 AU = 149,597,870.700 km ≈ 92,955,807.273 mi ≈ 8.317 light minutes ≈ 499 light-seconds
  • 1 light-second ≈ 0.002 AU
  • 1 gigameter ≈ 0.0067 AU
  • 1 light-year ≈ 63,241 AU
  • 1 parsec = 648,000/π ≈ 206,264.8 AU

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