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Canis Major is --

7.66 kpc (kiloparsecs)

24983 ly (light years)

2.364×10^17 km (kilometers)

2.364×10^20 meters

146.9 quadrillion miles

average orbit velocity of the space shuttle is --

17182 mph (miles per hour)

so...

distance 146.9 quadrillion miles

speed 17182 mph (miles per hour)

976 million years

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