Convert barleycorn to astronomical unit
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Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for astronomical unit:
Astronomers use astronomical unit (ua or au or AU) as yardstick for measuring the distances between objects in the Solar System. AU is defined as the distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the Sun. Currently it is accepted that this length is 149 597 870 691 meters, with an uncertainty of about 30 meters.