Okay, "So what is an 'Astronomical Unit" anyway?"

Probing the strange language of Scientists

Hey, if scientists can arbitrarily set the freezing point of water at zero degrees and its boiling point at 100 degrees and call that scientific, even though those values change at various elevations and barometric pressures, why not set the astronomical unit at something equally obtuse?

Thus, according the Merriam-Webster on-line Dictonary "One astronomical is a unit of length used in astronomy equal to the mean distance of the earth from the sun or about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers).

Thus, Saturn is about 10 times more distant from the Earth then we are from the sun...

As you might remember from your 1st grade math classes, great numbers, both large and small are often described best using logarithmic scales, this helps us quantify very large and small values in a manner our stupid little minds can better comprehend.

I should make the point here that "logarithmic scales" is NOT a skin condition you get from exposure to tree allergies, bugs grubs or tree bark, and while mathmatically it might be related to Geometry (pronounced: "Gee, I'ma tree!") that too has nothing to do whatsoever with trees!

...and I'm just not going there with regards to the various astronomical rings and belts.