distanceFromEarth

P7285
predicate

Indicates the measured or calculated spatial separation between an entity and the planet Earth.

All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
distanceFromEarth canonical 1,156
distanceFromEarth_ly 162
distanceFromEarth_pc 128

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: distanceFromEarth
Generated description
Indicates the measured or calculated spatial separation between an entity and the planet Earth.

Sample triples (1,722)

Subject Object
Lagoon Nebula about 4,000 light-years
Lagoon Nebula about 1,200 parsecs
Cygnus X star-forming region approximately 1.4 kiloparsecs
Cygnus X star-forming region approximately 4,500 light-years
Andromeda VI 815 kiloparsecs via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_approx"
Andromeda VI 2.66 million light-years via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_approx"
Messier 24 about 10,000 light-years
Messier 24 about 3,000 parsecs
NGC 224 about 2.5 million light-years
NGC 224 about 780 kiloparsecs
M31* approximately 2.5 million light-years
M31* approximately 780 kiloparsecs
M31* approximately 2.5 million light-years via predicate surface "hostGalaxyDistanceFromEarth"
W4 star-forming region approximately 6000 light-years
W4 star-forming region approximately 1.8 kiloparsecs
LMC ~163000 via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_ly"
SN 1987A approximately 168000 light-years
SN 1987A approximately 51 kiloparsecs
NGC 205 about 2.7 million light-years
NGC 205 about 824 kiloparsecs
Trifid Nebula approximately 4100 light-years
Trifid Nebula approximately 1.3 kiloparsecs
Andromeda VII about 2.6 million light-years
Messier 25 2000 via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_ly"
Messier 25 2000–2200 via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_ly"
Ascella approximately 90 light-years
Ascella approximately 27.5 parsecs
Taygeta about 440 light-years
Taygeta about 135 parsecs
Andromeda IX approximately 780 kiloparsecs
Messier 28 ~18,000 light-years
Messier 28 ~5,500 parsecs
Melotte 22 about 135 parsecs
Melotte 22 about 440 light-years
NGC 598 about 3 million light-years
W5 star-forming region approximately 6000 light-years
W5 star-forming region approximately 2 kiloparsecs
NGC 1499 (California Nebula)
surface form: NGC 1499
about 1000 light-years
NGC 1499 (California Nebula)
surface form: NGC 1499
about 300 parsecs
North America Nebula about 2600 light-years
North America Nebula about 800 parsecs
Andromeda X approximately 2.9 million light-years
Messier 54 87000 via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_ly"
Leo I Dwarf Galaxy 820000 via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_ly"
Leo I Dwarf Galaxy 250 via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_kpc"
Andromeda XI approximately 2.6 million light-years
Messier 55 about 17,600 light-years
Messier 55 about 5.4 kiloparsecs
SMC ~200000 via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_ly"
SMC ~60 via predicate surface "distanceFromEarth_kpc"