Shapley Attractor

The Shapley attractor is an attractor located about the Shapley Supercluster.[1]

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It is opposed to the Dipole Repeller, in the CMB dipole of local galactic flow. It is thought to be the composite contributions of the Shapley Concentration and the Great Attractor.

References

  1. Yehuda Hoffman; Daniel Pomarède; R. Brent Tully; Hélène M. Courtois (January 30, 2017). "The dipole repeller". Nature Astronomy. 1: 36. arXiv:1702.02483. Bibcode:2017NatAs...1E..36H. doi:10.1038/s41550-016-0036.


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