AU is nothing but distance between center point of sun and center point of earth.
This is calculated by the help of speed of light. Sun light takes 8 min 19 sec to reach earth. Speed of light is 299792458 m/s. so 8 min 19 sec is 499 sec. 499 s * 299792458 m/s=149596436542 M (1 AU).
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