Concept information
Preferred term
Solar neighborhood
Definition
- That part of the Milky Way galaxy lying near the Sun. In fact there is no definition of the exact radius of this region. It is referred to the immediate solar neighborhood (within about 5 pc), the solar neighborhood (within about 25 pc), and the extended solar neighborhood (within a few hundred pc). (en)
Broader concept
- Milky Way Galaxy physics (en)
- Solar system (en)
Entry terms
- Solar neighbourhood (en)
Contributor
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1509
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