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Categories: Virgo Supercluster, Astronomical objects discovered in 1986, Shapley Supercluster, Norma Cluster, Large-scale structure of the cosmos

Great Attractor the Great Attractor Universal attractor

A massive grouping of galaxies in the direction of Centaurus and Hydra whose gravitational attraction is believed to cause deviations in the paths of other galaxies WordNet 3.0

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A massive grouping of galaxies in the direction of Centaurus and Hydra whose gravitational attraction is believed to cause deviations in the paths of other galaxies WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The Great Attractor is a purported gravitational attraction in intergalactic space and the apparent central gravitational point of the Laniakea Supercluster of galaxies. Wikipedia

A gravity anomaly in intergalactic space Wikipedia Disambiguation

An apparent gravitational anomaly in intergalactic space at the center of the local Laniakea Supercluster, in which the Milky Way is located. It suggests a localized concentration of mass thousands of times more massive than the Milky Way. Wiktionary

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Laniakea Supercluster

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gravity

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