LMC

E110989

LMC is a nearby irregular dwarf galaxy and satellite of the Milky Way, notable for its active star formation and role in studies of galactic structure and evolution.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
LMC canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf galaxy ⓘ
irregular dwarf galaxy ⓘ
satellite galaxy ⓘ
angularSize_degrees ~10 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV ~0.9 ⓘ
associatedWith Magellanic Stream ⓘ
catalogDesignation ESO 56- G 115 ⓘ
connectedBy Magellanic Bridge ⓘ
contains 30 Doradus ⓘ
Cepheid variable stars ⓘ
N44 nebula ⓘ
linked to: Tarantula Nebula

SN 1987A remnant ⓘ
linked to: SN 1987A

Tarantula Nebula ⓘ
numerous H II regions ⓘ
young massive star clusters ⓘ
darkMatterDominated true ⓘ
diameter_ly ~14000 ⓘ
discoveredBy unknown ancient observers ⓘ
distanceAnchorFor extragalactic distance scale ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly ~163000 ⓘ
distanceFromMilkyWayCenter_ly ~163000 ⓘ
distanceFromSun_kpc ~50 ⓘ
extendsIntoConstellation Mensa ⓘ
fullName Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
galaxyType Magellanic irregular ⓘ
hasProperty gas rich ⓘ
high star formation rate ⓘ
metallicity lower than Milky Way ⓘ
hemisphere southern sky ⓘ
influences Milky Way dark matter halo ⓘ
interactsGravitationallyWith Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Dorado ⓘ
mass_solarMasses ~1e10 ⓘ
metallicity_relativeToSun ~0.5 ⓘ
morphologicalType IBm ⓘ
namedAfter Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ
observedBy Ferdinand Magellan expedition ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_estimate_years ~1.5e9 ⓘ
orbitalStatus satellite of Milky Way ⓘ
possibleFirstInfall true ⓘ
properMotionMeasuredBy Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerS ~262 ⓘ
satelliteOf Milky Way ⓘ
stellarMass_solarMasses ~3e9 ⓘ
usedForStudyOf distance scale calibration ⓘ
galactic structure ⓘ
galaxy evolution ⓘ
star formation ⓘ
stellar evolution ⓘ
visibility naked eye ⓘ
visibleFrom Southern Hemisphere ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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