For other uses, see AU.

An astronomical unit (most often abbreviated AU) is a distance measurement defined as the average distance of Earth from Sol. The currently accepted value of the AU is 149,597,870,691 ± 30 meters (about 150 million kilometers or 93 million miles).

History and specifics[]

In the year 2257, Starbase 1 was located 100 AU from Sol. (DSC episode: "The War Without, The War Within")

References[]

• TOS movie & novelization: The Motion Picture
• TOS novels: Spock Must Die!, The Final Nexus
• FASA RPG module: The Four Years War
• DS9 episode: "Blaze of Glory"
• DSC episode: "The War Without, The War Within"

External links[]

• Astronomical unit article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Astronomical unit article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.