Boötes Void

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cosmic void
gptkbp:alternativeName The Great Nothing
gptkbp:contains galaxies
gptkbp:diameter ~330 million light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Robert_Kirshner
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1981
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~700 million light-years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Boötes Void
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Boötes_constellation
gptkbp:notableFor one of the largest known voids in the universe
gptkbp:numberOfRooms ~60
gptkbp:redshift z ≈ 0.05
gptkbp:shape roughly spherical
gptkbp:significance challenges understanding of large-scale structure of the universe
gptkbp:studiedBy astronomer
gptkbp:volume ~236,000 Mpc³
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bootes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6