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The average distance between Earth and the sun is called what?

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the distance from the earth to the sun is called an AU

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92,955,807 miles

Earth orbits the sun 100,000 times closer than the Oort Cloud, at an average of 92,955,807 miles (149,597,870 km). The distance from Earth to the sun is called an astronomical unit, or AU, which is used to measure distances throughout the solar system.

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