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An ___ is usually used to measure distances within our Solar System.

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Astronomical units are used to measure distances within our Solar System.
An Astronomical Unit (AU) is the average distance between Earth and the Sun, which is approximately 93 million miles (150 million km).
One astronomical unit (AU) = 92,955,807 miles (149,597,871 km).

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