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minute

Unit of time consisting of 60 seconds; also a unit of angle equal to one sixtieth of a degree.
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This is the reciprocal harmonic of the Grid speed of light, 144000 minutes of arc per Grid second, in free space.
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The observations sampled three areas of sky 8 minutes of arc square, Elston told SCIENCE NEWS.
Galaxies in a primitive state? by Thomsen, Dietrick E. / Science News
6 minutes of arc, which indicates that the object doing the lensing is exotic: a massive cluster of galaxies, a supermassive black hole (10(15) times the sun's mass) or a cosmic string.
Stringing out a cosmic image, perhaps by Thomsen, Dietrick E. / Science News
 
 
 
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