Great Attractor

Summary

Great Attractor is a galaxy filament^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of galaxy_filament entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,596 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Great Attractor's instance of is recorded as galaxy filament^[3].
• Great Attractor's instance of is recorded as gravity anomaly^[4].
• Great Attractor's instance of is recorded as supercluster^[5].
• Great Attractor's constellation is recorded as Norma^[6].
• gravity is named after Great Attractor^[7].
• Great Attractor is part of Laniakea Supercluster^[8].
• Great Attractor is part of Zone of Avoidance^[9].
• Great Attractor's catalog code is recorded as VIR-HYA-CEN SUPERCL^[10].
• Great Attractor's catalog code is recorded as Great Attractor^[11].
• Great Attractor's catalog code is recorded as Hya-Cen-Pav-Ind^[12].
• Great Attractor's catalog code is recorded as Hya-Cen-Pav-Ind-Tel^[13].
• Great Attractor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Great Attractor^[14].
• Great Attractor's has effect is recorded as peculiar velocity^[15].
• Great Attractor's different from is recorded as dark flow^[16].
• Great Attractor's speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+0'}^[17].
• Great Attractor's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180892', 'amount': '+50000000000000000'}^[18].
• Great Attractor's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+250000000'}^[19].
• Great Attractor's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3773454', 'amount': '+75'}^[20].
• Great Attractor's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[21].
• Great Attractor's research site is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[22].
• Great Attractor's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+158.00'}^[23].
• Great Attractor's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-46.0'}^[24].
• Great Attractor's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[25].
• Great Attractor's theorized by is recorded as Alan Dressler^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include galaxy filament^[3], gravity anomaly^[4], and supercluster^[5].

Origins

gravity is named after Great Attractor^[7].

Use and Application

Part of include Laniakea Supercluster^[8], a supercluster^[27] and Zone of Avoidance^[9].

Why It Matters

Great Attractor ranks in the top 9% of galaxy_filament entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,596 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]