Cepheid variables
Cepheid variables.
The noun form for the adjective distant is distance.
distant
No, distance is a noun. An adjective meaning at a distance is "distant."
Distance
Distance.
No, the word distant is not a noun; distant is an adjective, a word that describes a noun (distant thunder, distantcity).The noun is distance.
Yes, it's the most distant irregular galaxy 13.4 billion light-years from Earth (i.e. GN-z11 in the Ursa Major constellation).
Yes, it's the most distant irregular galaxy 12.9 billion light-years from Earth (i.e. OOM2012 GN 108036 in the Ursa Major constellation).
to show a moment from slightly diffferent perspective
The two numbers, accurate to a tenth, are 28.5 which is 0.055 distant and 28.6 which is 0.045 distant. The second is nearer.
The distance around a circle is its circumference.
Earth's current distance of approximately 93,000,000 miles seems about right.