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  2. List of nearest stars - Wikipedia

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    Distances of the nearest stars from 20,000 years ago until 80,000 years in the future Visualisation of the orbit of the Sun (yellow dot and white curve) around the Galactic Centre (GC) in the last galactic year. The red dots correspond to the positions of the stars studied by the European Southern Observatory in a monitoring programme. [71]

  3. Gandhigram Rural Institute - Wikipedia

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    The Gandhigram Rural Institute has a campus of nearly 200 acres (0.81 km 2) in a rural setting, nestling in one of the enclaves of the Sirumalai range.To its west are chains of mountains including the Kodaikanal Hill Station.

  4. Interstate 5 in California - Wikipedia

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    SR 163 north / Tenth Avenue – Escondido: Signed as exit 16 southbound; exit 1B on SR 163; former US 395: 16.22: 26.10: 16B: 6th Avenue – Downtown San Diego: Northbound exit and southbound entrance: 16.82: 27.07: 17: Front Street, 2nd Avenue – Civic Center: No northbound exit: 16.82: 27.07: 17A: Hawthorn Street – San Diego Airport: No ...

  5. 8-inch/55-caliber gun - Wikipedia

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    The 8"/55 caliber gun (spoken "eight-inch-fifty-five-caliber") formed the main battery of United States Navy heavy cruisers and two early aircraft carriers. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun barrel had an internal diameter of 8 inches (203 mm), and the barrel was 55 calibers long (barrel length is 8 inch × 55 = 440 inches ...

  6. France - Wikipedia

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    France, [a] officially the French Republic, [b] is a country located primarily in Western Europe.Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.

  7. Autobahn - Wikipedia

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    A 3 and A 5 at Frankfurter Kreuz near Frankfurt am Main Overhead signage on A 3. The Autobahn (IPA: [ˈaʊtoˌbaːn] ⓘ; German pl. Autobahnen, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯toˌbaːnən] ⓘ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany.

  8. List of U.S. states and territories by population - Wikipedia

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    The states and territories included in the United States Census Bureau 's statistics for the United States population, ethnicity, and most other categories include the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Separate statistics are maintained for the five permanently inhabited territories of the United States: Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands ...

  9. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    A double play in which the pitcher (1) fields a batted ball and throws home to the catcher (2), who retires a runner advancing from third. The catcher then throws to the first baseman (3) to force out the batter.