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Something in the neighborhood of 20 parsecs, according to: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/822/how-far-is-the-earth-sun-above-below-the-galactic-p
by mikeash 7y ago
Something in the neighborhood of 20 parsecs, according to: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/822/how-far-is-the-earth-sun-above-below-the-galactic-plane-and-is-it-heading-towar#8336 https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/822/how-far-is...
- btilly 7y agoHowever this is unusual for us. We spend most of our time farther from the plane, and just happen to be passing through at the moment.