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Milky Way Galaxy

The Milky Way, named for how its pale light is seen from Earth, is the galaxy that our solar system belongs to.

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Is the solar system located outside of the Milky Way Galaxy?

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NO!!! The Sun and its Solar Sytam are located in one of the 'tails' of the Milky Way Galaxy.

The Milky Way Galaxy it like a giant Catherine Wheel, with a bright core and two curved tails. The whole of which is rotating. We are in one of those curved tails.

What galaxy does the sun belong to?

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The Sun belongs to the Milky Way galaxy.

What does the milky way galaxy orbit and how long does it take?

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The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are the two giants in our local group. These two galaxies will collide, but neither one can be said to orbit the other. In some instances smaller galaxies might "orbit" a giant cluster, with periods measured in billions of years. Galaxies in general do not orbit anything. Instead they are all simply spreading further and further apart as the universe expands.

Where in the Milky Way is mars?

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no way of telling because its always moving

Is the Vega star in the milky way?

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Yes it is. All the stars that we can see are in the Milky Way galaxy. Stars in other galaxies are too far away from us to be able to see them properly. That is even true of many stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Where is Mercury located on the milky way?

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In the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Why is milky way galaxy called akash ganga?

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Milky Way looks like a river from earth. In Hindu mythology thus it is called akasganga.

How much did a milky way cost?

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whenwas dairy milk first sold in the shops?

Is the sun the centre of the milky way?

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Astronomers have found evidence that there is a large black hole at the center of our galaxy. Some theories make it possible that there are smaller black holes here or there, but I'm not aware that any have been detected.

How many stars is the Milky Way expected to contain?

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Yes. Roughly 5% of the stars in ht Milky Way are larger than out sun, which works our to a total of about 10 billion stars. The sun only appears bigger than other stars because it is much closer to us than any other star.

Why cant the center of the Milky Way be seen?

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The Milky Way is the center of the visible universe, as the boundary where matter travels away from the observer faster than light is at a constant distance in all directions. The universe beyond this point is unobservable, as the spacetime is moving away faster than light.

What motion do the stars in the milky way galaxy move?

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The stars in the Milky Way move in the opposite direction of the sun.

What is the gravity of the milky way?

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To know that we would need to know the mass of all objects in the Galaxy. To date, we are unable to determine that - partly because of limitations in technology but mainly because about a third of the Galaxy is shadowed by the central core and is thus unobservable.

How far is Pluto from the milky way?

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Our whole solar system, all the planets and everything, are part of the Milky Way galaxy. So, asking how far doesn't really make sense, because Neptune is in the Milky Way.

What part of the milky way do you live in?

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I live in one of many rooms, in one of many houses, on one of many streets, in one of

many suburbs, of one of many cities, in one of many states, in one of many countries,

on one of several continents, on the surface of one of several stones, in orbit around

one of possibly as many as 400,000,000,000 stars in the Milky Way.

(We recently learned that the Milky Way is one of several billion galaxies in our universe,

and it's now being suggested by Physicists and Cosmologists that our universe could be

only one of many.

A lot of people who are just as small as I am, and some who I suspect are even smaller,

are locked in fierce ideological debate over how all of this came to be. I haven't heard

too many of them express their gratitude that it did.)

What is the average mass of stars in the milky way galaxy?

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There is only one Sun. Sun is the name of the star that is closest to Earth. While light from all stars eventually reaches Earth, the Sun's light is the only one close enough to generate heat.