Convert Yards (yd) to Astronomical Units (AU) | yd in AU

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This quick and easy calculator will convert Yards (yd) to Astronomical Units (AU) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Yards to Astronomical Units

Formula
AU = yd / 163602362204.72
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Astronomical Units, divide the number of Yards by 163.6 billion
Yards (yd) in 1 Astronomical Unit
There are 163602362204.72 Yards in 1 Astronomical Unit
Astronomical Units (AU) in 1 Yard
There are 0 Astronomical Units in 1 Yard

Unit Information

Yard
/jɑːd/
Symbol: yd
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Yard?

The yard is a unit of length in the imperial and US system and uses the symbol yd.

A yard is equal to 3 ft or 36 inches. There is 0.9144 m in a yard. There are 1760 yards in a mile.

Derived from the Old English 'gyrd' or 'gerd', the yard was first defined in the late 1600s laws of Ine of Wessex where a "yard of land" (yardland) was an old unit of tax assessment by the government.

The yard was the original standard adpoted by early English leaders and was apparently used in length by the Saxon race and represented the breadth of the chest of a man. After a relative hiatus, Queen Elizabeth reintroduced the yard as the English standard of measure, and it still survives in many 2nd generation conversations today.

Astronomical Unit
/astrəˈnɒmɪk(ə)l ˈjuːnɪt/
Symbol: AU
Unit System: Astronomical system of units

What is the Astronomical Unit?

The astronomical unit is a unit of length and is used in the Astronomical system of units and denoted by the symbol au.

It represents the average distance between the Earth and the Sun which is approximately 150 million kilometres (or 93 million miles).

It's used mostly to express distances within our Solar System.


Conversion Tables for Yards (yd) to Astronomical Units (AU)