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Estimates are that the Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across. Light, as observed from earth, takes about 100,000 earth years to travel across. A bit far for a daily commute, isn't it?
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Is your sun near the Edge of the Milky Way?
Ummmmm the sun is not near the Edge of the milky way.The milky way is just the milky way.The milky way is spiral anyways? not being mean
Distance between earth and edge of milky way?
The distance of the earth to the edge of the Milky way is 1000 light years
Were is the sun in the milky way?
toward the edge
What is on the edge of the solar system milky way?
The milky way IS NOT a solar system. it contains millions of solar systems. and there is no definite edge to the milky way galaxy. stars simply distance themselves apart from each other until they stop traveling with the milky way galaxy
Is the earth found at the center of the milky way?
No. We are in the outer portion of the Milky way about 3/4 of the way to the edge. The center of the Milky Way could not sustain life.
Where is the location of the sun in the milky way?
Rather at the edge.
How many milky way galaxies end on end to the edge of the universe?
If the milky way galaxy is 100,000 light years across and if the universe is 13 billion years old, you would have 130,000 milky way galaxies, end on end to the edge of the universe.
Where inside the Milky Way is our solar system located?
Our solar system is located near the outer edge of the Milky Way.
What galaxy do earth belongs?
The earth exists on the edge of the Milky Way galaxy.
Where is the location of the solar system?
It is on the edge of the sagitarrius arm and at the edge of the milky way galaxy the third planet away from the sun.
Where in the milky way is the earth found?
I know that we are near the edge. (It is round.) Does that help? (It is much more dense in the middle; that is what you see at night when you see "the Milky Way" - the middle there-of.)
How far is your solar system from center of milky way?
The Sun is about 27,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way, roughly 2/3rds the way out from the center to the edge of the galactic disk.
