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Where are the super cluster of galaxies that our Milky Way revolves around?

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  • Bobby
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    The Milky Way (our home town) is one of several galaxies known as the Local Group.

    All of the galaxies are in motion, but there is no 'central' orbital point...

    I hope this helped you.

    Peace,

    Bobby

  • 1 decade ago

    The Milky Way galaxy is one of twenty + galaxies we call the "Local Group" cluster. A cluster is a group of objects ... be they stars or galaxies, that is held together by gravitational forces.

    A super cluster of galaxies is a cluster of clusters. In other words, a bunch of galactic clusters that are associated with each other by gravitational forces. Thus, the "super cluster" would itself revolve around the center of mass of all these smaller clusters. If these clusters move as the stars in our MW, then the motion would be like a single bee's movement in a swarm of bees as the swarm chases a hive tapper. We are within the super cluster and with the variable motion of these clusters, the center of mass would constantly be changing, so the best we could say would be....our Local Group is surrounded by other groups in the super cluster in all directions.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The Milky Way and our entire Local Group of galaxies are all located near the edge of the immense Virgo Supercluster.

    It is roughly 200 million ly in diameter and contains about hundred galaxy clusters.

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