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Cosmology > Large-scale structure of the universe > Great Attractor
Astrophysical processes > Gravitation > Newtonian gravitation > Gravity anomaly > Great Attractor

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Great Attractor  

Definition

  • A hypothesized large concentration of mass (about 10^16 solar masses), some hundred million light-years from Earth, in the direction of the Centaurus supercluster, that seems to be affecting the motions of many nearby galaxies by virtue of its gravity. (en)

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http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/682

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