distanceFromGalacticCenter

P7286
predicate

Indicates the measured or calculated spatial separation between an entity and the center of its galaxy.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
distanceFromGalacticCenter canonical 26
distanceFromMilkyWayCenter 4
distanceFromMilkyWayCenter_ly 4

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: distanceFromGalacticCenter
Generated description
Indicates the measured or calculated spatial separation between an entity and the center of its galaxy.

Sample triples (42)

Subject Object
Sun approximately 27,000 light-years ⓘ
Orion Arm about 8,000 parsecs via predicate surface "galacticRadiusFromCenter" ⓘ
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy approximately 42,000 light-years ⓘ
Local Spur about 8 kiloparsecs from Galactic Center via predicate surface "galacticRadiusApprox" ⓘ
LMC ~163000 via predicate surface "distanceFromMilkyWayCenter_ly" ⓘ
Messier 54 65000 via predicate surface "distanceFromGalacticCenter_ly" ⓘ
Leo II Dwarf Galaxy about 230 kiloparsecs via predicate surface "distanceFromMilkyWayCenter" ⓘ
Sagittarius Stream approximately 15–60 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Terzan 7 approximately 16 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Arp 2 approximately 28 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy about 280000 via predicate surface "distanceFromMilkyWayCenter_ly" ⓘ
Messier 75 ~14.7 kiloparsecs ⓘ
CMa Dwarf ~42,000 light-years ⓘ
CMa Overdensity ~13 via predicate surface "distanceFromGalacticCenter_kpc" ⓘ
Monoceros Ring stellar stream approximately 15–20 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Draco Dwarf Galaxy 250000 via predicate surface "distanceFromMilkyWayCenter_ly" ⓘ
Monoceros Ring approximately 15–20 kiloparsecs via predicate surface "locatedAtGalactocentricRadius" ⓘ
Orion Spur ~8 kiloparsecs from Galactic Center via predicate surface "galacticRadiusApprox" ⓘ
Sun
linked to: Sun is embedded within Local Spur
about 27,000 light-years ⓘ
Outer Galactic Arm greater than 10 kiloparsecs via predicate surface "hasGalactocentricRadius" ⓘ
Outer Galactic Arm on the order of 13–15 kiloparsecs via predicate surface "hasGalactocentricRadius" ⓘ
Messier 19 6500 light-years (approx) ⓘ
Perseus Spiral Arm greater than the Sun’s galactocentric distance ⓘ
Messier 62 about 6,100 light-years ⓘ
Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ~290000 via predicate surface "distanceFromMilkyWayCenter_ly" ⓘ
Messier 4 about 5.9 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Tucana V about 55 kiloparsecs via predicate surface "distanceFromMilkyWayCenter" ⓘ
Leo II about 230 kiloparsecs via predicate surface "distanceFromMilkyWayCenter" ⓘ
M69 about 6,500 light-years ⓘ
Whiting 1
linked to: globular cluster Whiting 1
~34 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Terzan 7
linked to: Ter 7
approximately 50,000 light-years ⓘ
Virgo Overdensity approximately 6–20 kiloparsecs above or below the Galactic plane ⓘ
M75 ~14.7 kiloparsecs ⓘ
GCl 117 ~14.7 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Antlia 2 Dwarf Galaxy about 130 kiloparsecs via predicate surface "distanceFromMilkyWayCenter" ⓘ
NGC 6715 about 18.9 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Galactic anticenter about 8 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Galactic anticenter about 26,000 light-years ⓘ
Messier 79
linked to: Messier79
about 60,000 light-years ⓘ
Monoceros Stream approximately 15–20 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Orion–Cygnus Arm about 8 kiloparsecs ⓘ
Messier 92
linked to: globular cluster Messier 92
about 9.6 kiloparsecs ⓘ