Slide 1How Far is Far? Slide 2 Slide 3 Average of 238,000 Miles Earth to Moon Distance Slide 4 93,000,000 Miles 1 Astronomical Unit (AU) Sun to Earth Distance Slide 5 BodyAU…
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Lecture 34 â Galaxies and the Universe Repeatedly said there are other galaxies. Now details Large Magellanic Cloud (satellite to Milky Way) . Distance=50 kpc. Pic:http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010804.html…
COPYRIGHT 2004 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ScientificAmerican.com exclusive online issue no. 15 MYSTERIES OF THE MILKY WAY Viewed from above, it appears…
Local Group Our galactic neighborhood consists of one more 'giant' spiral (M31, Andromeda), a smaller spiral M33 and lots of (>35 galaxies), most of which are…