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[–] 42 points 1 year ago (13 children)

To be fair AU means more to me than miles or km in this case.. 168 times further from us than we are to the sun.

But since you want metric ~25.1 terameters.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

    But since you want metric ~25.1 terameters.

    You think you're being witty, but you've just unintentionally shown why the metric system is so good.

    25.1 terameters => 25,100 gigameters => 25,100,000 kilometers.

    Easy as pie.

    Edit: Ahh crap, I forgot about megameters. It comes out to 25,100,000,000 km. Sorry for the metric ton of confusion.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Your little off-by-one-thousand mistake is evidence that meters are ill-fitted for astronomy. au, al and pc exist for a reason

    I checked and only au (astronomical unit) is listed in SI, while not being a SI unit per se

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Idk what these imperialist donkeys are talking about. 1 terameter is 10^6 kilometers. You're spot on.

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