Fornax system

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Fornax system [′fȯr‚naks ‚sis·təm]

(astronomy)

A dwarf elliptical galaxy in the Local Group, about 460,000 light-years (2.7 × 10¹⁸miles or 4.4 × 10¹⁸kilometers) distant, having a diameter of about 1600 light-years (9 × 10¹⁵miles or 1.5 × 10¹⁶kilometers) and a mass and luminosity about 7 × 10⁶that of the sun.

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