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Why do you think solar system is a part of the milky way galaxy?
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∙ 14y ago
Because we see the Milky Way All around us.
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What galaxy are the stars you see at night?
I think most of them are in the Milky Way galaxy, that's where our solar system is located.
Is there another solar system in the Milky Way?
i think so
The sun and all the objects that orbit is called?
They make up the Solar System or the Sun's family.
Does the Milky Way orbit the sun?
No, the Sun is a part of the Milky Way. Our Solar System orbits around the center of the Milky Way. Our sun goes along with the general spin of the entire Milky Way galaxy, and is positioned rather near the edge. It doesn't orbit it in the sense I think you mean.
What is the shape of your galaxy and where is your solar system located within the galaxy?
The Milky Way galaxy is what's called a "barred spiral" galaxy; there are two "bars" of stars, and the spiral arms extend like a pinwheel from the bars. Scientists think it looks somewhat like NGC1300. The Sun and our solar system are, we think, somewhere about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way out from the center, although from inside the Milky Way, it is challenging to determine exactly where we are. This is probably a good distance to be, since we believe that there is a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. In about 4 billion years, our galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy, and we can only speculate about the eventual shape of the merged galaxy. We expect that several billions of stars with their attendant solar systems (if any) will be flung off into intergalactic space by the gravitational interactions. Our Sun, which will probably have become a red giant star by that time, might be one of them.
Can the milky way kill you?
No. Not unless you meant Milky Way candy bars, in which case eating too many of them will make you fat and shorten your life. Although, actually, Earth is part of our solar system, and our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy, so if you step off a curb without looking both ways, yes, the car that hits you IS part of the Milky Way. But I don't think that was QUITE what you meant by that question.
Why is the solar system also called the milky way?
The Solar System and the Milky Way are two different astronomic objects. The Solar System, is our Sun (Solar) and it collection of nine planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, together with their associated satellites(Moons), and localised comets, such as Halley's Comet. The whole of this system is contained in one of the 'curved' tails of our Galaxy, named the Milky Way. The Milky Way is so large that it contains millions of stars and probably millions of planets associated with those stars. The nearest star to the Sun is 'alpha/proxima' centauri, which is 4.3 light years away. This star is also contained in the Milky Way. The word 'proxima'' is Latin and means nearest. The Milky Way Galaxy is shaped like a giant Catherine Wheel Correctly described as Barred Spiral Galaxy. It contains 400,000,000,000 (400 billion stars). It is some 87,400 light years across. Most of the constellations seen in the night sky are in the Milky Way Galaxy. There is a core of stars etc., and two curved tails. Our Solar System is contained in one of the curved tails. Like the planets in the Solar System revolve round the Sun, the Milky Way Galaxy also revolves. It takes 212 million years to make one rotation of the Milky Way. There are millions of other galaxies in the universe, which to the naked eye appear to be stars The Solar System appears to be very large, but compared to the Milky Way it is miniscule. We are only a dot point in the whole. Hope that helps you to distinguish the Solar system from the Milky Way Galaxy.
What galaxy is the sun located in and what is its position in the galaxy?
its in the milky way i think
In which galaxy is Planet Mars?
Mars is a planet, one of the planets of our solar system. Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way is currently believed to be a barred spiral galaxy (it's a little hard to be really sure exactly what it looks like, since we're inside it, and a lot of it we can't see because there are huge clouds of dust and gas in the way).
Where do scientists believe that our solar system is located in our galaxy?
We (and the sun) are on a far arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. If you look up in the sky on some clear nights, you can see an almost greenish cloud-like mass. That's the rest of the Milky Way Galaxy. Since we're out on a limb, we can see the rest of it. If that doesn't make sense, think of it this way- If you are at the top on the far west side of a football stadium, then you can see the whole stadium, top and bottom, in a pretty much unobstructed view. That's about where we are in the galaxy. Of course, we are constantly spinning and moving, but we'll be in the same relative place for quite a while.
What item doesn't belong with planet galaxy sun moon?
"Galaxy", because all the others are in our Solar System. What about "exoplanets" outside our Solar System? Well, I don't think the question is meant to be that complicated.
What do you measure the Milky Way galaxy with?
sextillion i think
