^尤其是,質心天球參考系(BCRS,barycentric celestial reference system)和地心天球參考系(GCRS,geocentric celestial reference system),中心定在地球的質心(包括其流體的外層)Dennis D. McCarthy, P. Kenneth Seidelmann. Resolution B1.3: Definition of the barycentric celestial reference system and geocentric celestial reference system XXIVth International Astronomical Union General Assembly (2000). Time: from Earth rotation to atomic physics. Wiley-VCH. 2009: 105 [2016-08-28]. ISBN 3-527-40780-4. (原始内容存档于2019-06-12).
^International Astronomical Union (编), RESOLUTION B2 on the re-definition of the astronomical unit of length(PDF), RESOLUTION B2, Beijing, China: International Astronomical Union, 31 August 2012 [2016-08-29], (原始内容存档(PDF)于2013-08-16), The XXVIII General Assembly of International Astronomical Union … recommends … 1. that the astronomical unit be re-defined to be a conventional unit of length equal to 149 597 870 700 m exactly