Which of the following units is used to measure distances within the solar system?

Astronomical unit

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Light year

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Parsec

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is A
Astronomical unit

In our solar system, we tend to describe distances in terms of the Astronomical Unit (AU). For distances to other parts of the Milky Way Galaxy (or even further), astronomers use units of the light-year or the parsec.

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