The Sun, the closest of all stars to the Earth, is 150 million kilometres away. What is this distance known as?

shady shaker

The Astronomical unit (A.U.) is the name given to the mean distance from Earth to Sun. (Time Almanac 2000, p.430) Jul 28 04, 6:34 AM

peasypod

Actually it is 8.317 light minutes. http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/a/astronomical-unit.htm Jul 28 04, 7:07 PM

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