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* 1.5 * 10
20
m -- diameter of the [Small Magellanic Cloud]
?
(a dwarf galaxy
orbit
ing the
Milky Way
)
* 16,000 light years = 1.5 * 10
20
m -- diameter of the [Small Magellanic Cloud]
?
(a dwarf galaxy
orbit
ing the
Milky Way
)
To help compare distances at different
orders of magnitude
this page lists lengths starting at 10
20
m (11,000
light year
s).
Shorter distances
16,000 light years = 1.5 * 10
20
m -- diameter of the [Small Magellanic Cloud]
?
(a dwarf galaxy
orbit
ing the
Milky Way
)
28,000 light years = 2.6 * 10
20
m -- distance from the
Sun
to the center of the
Galaxy
.
100,000 light years = 9.5 * 10
20
m -- diameter of the disc of the
Galaxy
.
[Longer distances]
?
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