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Laniakea Supercluster

supercluster containing the Milky Way and approximately 100,000 other nearby galaxies
Thing supercluster Q17863945
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Summary

Laniakea Supercluster is a supercluster[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of supercluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,087 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: R. Brent Tully[3], Hélène Courtois[4], Daniel Pomarède[5], Yehuda Hoffman[6]
  • Constellation: Triangulum Australe[7]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: National Radio Astronomy Observatory[8]
  • Part of: Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex[9]
  • Has part(s): Virgo Supercluster[10], Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster[11], Pavo-Indus Supercluster[12], Great Attractor[13]
  • Time of discovery or invention: September 2014[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Laniakea Supercluster[15]
  • Redshift: 0.0708[16]
  • Different from: Laniakea[17]
  • Diameter: 500,000,000 light-year[18]

Why It Matters

Laniakea Supercluster has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Nature. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Nature. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Nature. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Nature. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Science Daily. Retrieved . sciencedaily.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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