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Old 29-April-2005, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by bmpbmp
yes but how far are the rings from earth
Well, they are about 1-2 ly from 1987A, and and 1987A is about 170,000 LY from Earth. So the rings are about 168,000 LY away.
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