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Astronomical Units - Angstroms Converter

Convert between astronomical units and angstroms using this metric and imperial length and distance conversion tool. This converter is part of the full length and distance conversion tool. Simply choose whether you want to convert astronomical units to angstroms or angstroms to astronomical units, enter a value and click the 'convert' button. Default rounding is set to a maximum of 14 decimal places. A list of all the individual length converters is available here.

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To find out the answer to any of these questions, simply select the appropriate unit from each 'select' box above, enter your figure (x) into the 'value to convert' box and click the 'Convert!' button.

What is an angstrom?

An ?ngstr?m or angstrom is a non-SI unit of length that is internationally recognized, equal to 0.1 nanometre (nm). It is sometimes used in expressing the sizes of atoms, lengths of chemical bonds and visible-light spectra, and dimensions of parts of integrated circuits. It is commonly applied in structural biology. Full description is available on Wikipedia.

What is an astronomical unit?

The astronomical unit (AU or au or a.u. or sometimes ua) is a unit of length that is approximately equal to the distance from the Earth to the Sun. The currently accepted value of the AU is 149,597,870,691 ? 30 metres (nearly 150 million kilometres or 93 million miles). Full description is available on Wikipedia.