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Milky Way and Galaxies

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Details of the location of the Sun in the Galaxy are given in Table 23.1.

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    Arthur N. Cox

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Trimble, V. (2002). Milky Way and Galaxies. In: Cox, A.N. (eds) Allen’s Astrophysical Quantities. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1186-0_23

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