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! What !! Distance from Sun (miles) |
! What !! Distance from Sun (miles) |
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| Alpha Centauri <br>(Nearest star) || 2,000 |
| Alpha Centauri <br>(Nearest star) || 2,000 |
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| Galactic center <br>(Center of Milky Way) || 12,873,222 |
| Galactic center <br>(Center of Milky Way) || 12,873,222 |
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'''Fastest manmade object''' is the Juno spacecraft sent to study Jupiter as it uses |
'''Fastest manmade object''' is the Juno spacecraft sent to study Jupiter as it uses |
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Earth's gravity as a slingshot it will reach 25 miles per second. A '''bullet's speed''' is ½ mile per second and '''light's speed''' 186,000 miles per second. |
Earth's gravity as a slingshot it will reach 25 miles per second. A '''bullet's speed''' is ½ mile per second and '''light's speed''' 186,000 miles per second. |
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The Milky Way is ~110 thousand light years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million ly away, our local group of ~54 galaxies is about 10 million ly across, |
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==Activity== |
==Activity== |