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Width of the milky way

Width of the milky way (1.135 quintillion km)

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If Width of the milky way (1.135 quintillion km) was a standard unit ...

  • Diameter of Triangulum galaxy (568 quadrillion km)...more would be 1/2 of Width of the milky way

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