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The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy
The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy is a galaxy that is a neighbor to our own Milky Way Galaxy. In fact, it’s considered a satellite galaxy because it’s a mere 50 kiloparsecs away and it’s shape appears to have been influenced by the Milky Way’s gravitational pull. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is an irregular galaxy. While it doesn’t have the beautiful spiral shape that our galaxy has, it does have a central bar and a spiral arm that has been distorted by the more massive Milky Way. It has a diameter of about 14,000 light years which makes it only about one tenth the size of the Milky Way Galaxy.
6 Random Facts about the Milky Way Galaxy
Most of us know that we live in a galaxy known as the Milky Way. However, not many of us really know very much about our own galaxy. Here are 6 interesting and random facts about the Milky Way Galaxy that will help expand your knowledge about it.
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Our Solar System is in a Boring Part of the Milky Way Galaxy!
Earth's Location in the Milky Way Galaxy
I know you’ve all been thinking it! The Solar System is in a really boring part of the Milky Way Galaxy. We are marooned out here in one of the remote (some may say back water) areas of the Orion Spiral Arm about 20 degrees above the galactic plane and about 28,000 light years from the center of the galaxy.
