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galactic center
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galactic center [gə′lak·tik ′sen·tər]
(astronomy)
The gravitational center of the Milky Way Galaxy; the sun and other stars of the Galaxy revolve about this center.
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And anyway, the Sun and the galactic centre will not exactly coincide even in 2012.
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The region is located about 60 degrees from the Galactic Centre, thousands of light-years from Earth.
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The region is located about 60 degree from the Galactic Centre, thousands of light-years from Earth, Science Daily reported.
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