Talk:Astronomical unit
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The article mentions the improved measurement of the speed of light in 1983. The way I know it, is that the ability to measure time, or frequency, improved, but the ability to accurately measure distance did not. So, defining c increases the ability to measure distance. But also, defining c means that it is now measured infinitely accurately, by definition. Or, the other way to look at it, you can't measure the speed of light anymore.Gah4 (talk)09:51, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The IAU recently restructured its website, and PDF files of some publications are now made available on Google Drive, for example some resolutions referenced in the article. The original links to the files were removed.
Here is the link to the current page listing resolutions:
https://www.iau.org/Iau/Publications/List-of-Resolutions
The direct link to Resolution B2 adopted at IAU General Assembly 2012 is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FBKjaswlP-rTs6z6V4WygXsbdHKVHYcP/view
The direct link cannot be included in the article because it will receive a tag "citing a blog or free web host" indicating a source that is not reliable. The workaround that can be used for now is to cite a link to an archived version of the publication instead.
See alsohttps://www.iau.org/Iau/Iau/About/Archive.aspx?hkey=8e870620-d676-447e-b436-805189f20a99
Uxh (talk)10:09, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A discussion atTemplate talk:Val#Spacing around ± mentions an example of how{{val}} is used in this article. Anyone interested in what spacing occurs before/after ± might like to join in there.Johnuniq (talk)02:59, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The measurement of the distance to the Sun byEratosthenes is sourced to an ancient Greek author. This measurement is not mentioned in the Hughes history. I do not consider this source to be reliable.Johnjbarton (talk)00:41, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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