Distances

We use:

Scientific Notation

$$ 5\times10^5 $$

Everyone should be familiar with this.

Astronomical Unit

$$ 1\text{AU = the distance from the Earth to the Sun} $$

This is only used inside our solar system.

93 million miles

Light Year

How far light travels in a year. This is not a unit of time.

$$ 1\text{LY}\approx\text{6 trillion miles} $$

Parsec

Used to measure to objects outside of solar system.

Paralax of one arcsecond

Time

Speed of Light

denoted as the letter c

$$ c=3\times10^8\text{ m/s} $$