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Large Magellanic Cloud

LMC

Irregular galaxy, satellite of the Milky Way.

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Statements about Large Magellanic Cloud

Parent Astronomical Body

Named After

Ferdinand Magellan

Part Of

Magellanic Clouds

Milky Way Subgroup

Instance Of

Irregular Galaxy

Infrared Source

Gamma-Ray Source

Image

Has Part(s)

Tarantula Nebula

Distance From Earth

0.05 megaparsec

0.05 megaparsec

Reason for Deprecated Rank

:

Item/Value with Less Precision And/Or Accuracy

50 kiloparsec

50.12 kiloparsec

Epoch

Discoverer or Inventor

Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sufi

Child Astronomical Body

Video

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Radius

2.1 kiloparsec

Mass

13,000,000,000 solar mass

Short Name

LMC

БМО

ВМВ

GMW

GNM

GMN

VMO

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