Local Group | DisamKB

Local Group

E18771

galaxy group gravitationally bound system

The Local Group is a small galaxy cluster containing the Milky Way, Andromeda, and dozens of smaller galaxies bound together by gravity in our cosmic neighborhood.

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	galaxy group → gravitationally bound system →
contains	Andromeda Galaxy → Andromeda I → Andromeda II → Andromeda III → Andromeda IV → Andromeda IX → Andromeda V → Andromeda VI → Andromeda VII → Andromeda X → Andromeda XI → Andromeda XII → Andromeda XIII → Andromeda XIV → Andromeda XIX → Andromeda XV → Andromeda XVI → Andromeda XVII → Andromeda XVIII → Andromeda XX → Andromeda XXI → Andromeda XXII → Andromeda XXIII → Andromeda XXIV → Andromeda XXIX → Andromeda XXV → Andromeda XXVI → Andromeda XXVII → Andromeda XXVIII → Andromeda XXX → Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy → Carina Dwarf Galaxy → Cetus Dwarf Galaxy → Draco Dwarf Galaxy → Fornax Dwarf Galaxy → IC 10 → IC 1613 → Large Magellanic Cloud → Leo I Dwarf Galaxy → Leo II Dwarf Galaxy → M110 → M32 → Milky Way → NGC 6822 → Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy → Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy → Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy → Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy → Small Magellanic Cloud → Triangulum Galaxy → Tucana Dwarf Galaxy → Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy → numerous dwarf irregular galaxies → numerous dwarf spheroidal galaxies →
hasAlternativeName	LG →
hasApproximateMemberCount	around 80 → more than 50 →
hasDiameter	approximately 10 million light-years → approximately 3 megaparsecs →
hasGalaxyCountUncertain	true →
hasKinematicCenterNear	barycenter between Milky Way and Andromeda →
hasMass	about 2×10^12 solar masses → of order 10^12–10^13 solar masses →
hasSubgroup	Andromeda subgroup → Milky Way subgroup →
isBoundBy	gravity →
isDominatedBy	Andromeda Galaxy → Milky Way →
isIn	observable universe →
isLocatedIn	Virgo Supercluster region →
isNearestNeighborTo	Centaurus A/M83 Group → M81 Group →
partOf	Laniakea Supercluster →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Milky Way → Small Magellanic Cloud → Triangulum Galaxy →	memberOf
Magellanic Clouds →	arePartOf
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy →	belongsTo
Laniakea Supercluster →	contains
Andromeda Galaxy →	isLargestGalaxyIn
Triangulum Galaxy →	isThirdLargestIn
Large Magellanic Cloud →	locatedIn
Andromeda Galaxy →	partOf