olucasdecarvalho t1_j20onfe wrote on December 28, 2022 at 8:28 PM Reply to ELI5: If astronomers use "light-years" for interstellar distances, why do we use AU for interplanetary distances instead of "light-minutes"? by concorde77 People don’t agree even how to measure how tall we are or how much we weight or anything. Probably not the answer you want but that’s probably why 😝 Permalink −2−
olucasdecarvalho t1_j20onfe wrote
Reply to ELI5: If astronomers use "light-years" for interstellar distances, why do we use AU for interplanetary distances instead of "light-minutes"? by concorde77
People don’t agree even how to measure how tall we are or how much we weight or anything. Probably not the answer you want but that’s probably why 😝