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Galactic Center of Milky Way

Center of Milky Way Galaxy

Rotational center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Statements about Galactic Center of Milky Way

Opposite Of

Galactic Anticenter

Part Of

Milky Way
Nuclear Bulge of the Milky Way
Milky Way Galactic Pole
Galactic Plane of the Milky Way Galaxy

Image

Discoverer or Inventor

Harlow Shapley
(1918)
Point in Time
: 1918

Instance Of

Barycenter
Characteristic Of
:
Milky Way
Gamma-Ray Source
Galactic Center
Star

Distance From Earth

8 kiloparsec

Child Astronomical Body

Sun
Gaia BH2

Radius

1,000 parsec
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Circa

Has Part(s)

Sagittarius A*

Described by Source

Galactic Center

Depicted By

Galactic Center Saga
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