Here's why:
* 1 AU is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. This is about 149.6 million kilometers or 93 million miles.
* To find the distance in kilometers, multiply 10.88 AU by the value of 1 AU in kilometers.
* 10.88 AU * 149.6 million km/AU ≈ 1.626 billion km
* To find the distance in miles, multiply 10.88 AU by the value of 1 AU in miles.
* 10.88 AU * 93 million miles/AU ≈ 1.01 billion miles
For reference, here are some celestial objects at approximately that distance from the Sun:
* Saturn: Roughly 9.5 AU from the Sun
* Uranus: Roughly 19.2 AU from the Sun
* The asteroid belt: Located between Mars and Jupiter, extending from about 2.1 AU to 3.3 AU
* The Kuiper belt: Located beyond Neptune, extending from about 30 AU to 50 AU
