BRAINCAKEThe Astronomical Unit, Light Year and Parsec
Distances in astronomy are so large that metres are inconvenient, so three larger units are used.
Astronomical unit (AU): the mean distance from the Earth to the Sun.
1 AU = 1.50 × 1011 m
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