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Distance to Andromeda (closest large galaxy to the Milky Way)

Distance to Andromeda (closest large galaxy to the Milky Way) (24.22 quintillion km)

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Distance to Andromeda (closest large galaxy to the Milky Way) (24.22 quintillion km)

  • is 1/200 of Diameter of Laniakea supercluster of galaxies (4.92 sextillion km)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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