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The Milky Way, sometimes called simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y ago- Most people refer to this as either the Milky Way or Galaxy.
- The Milky Way is where Earth and our Solar System are located.
- Aristotle, in his Meteorologica, suggested that the Milky Way may be made up of distant stars.
- Galileo provided proof that the Milky Way did consist of stars when he used his telescope.
- The Milky Way contains approximately a minimum of 100 billion stars and a maximum of 400 billion.
- Similar to other galaxies, the Milky Way contains a bulge, disk, and halo.
- The bulge in the center of the Milky Way is said to contain old stars.
- The halo of the Milky Way is believed is said to contain dark matter and globular clusters.
- The disk is said to be made of young stars, dust, and gas.
- The Milky Way is known as a binary system.
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∙ 14y agoThe Milky Way, or simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. The stellar disk of the Milky Way Galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years (9.5×1017 km) in diameter, and is considered to be, on average, about 1,000 light years(9.5×1015 km) thick.
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∙ 12y agoThe milky way galaxy is in the shape of a barred spiral.
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∙ 12y agoit's the second largest galaxy in the local group and our solar system is in the Orion arm of the milky way.
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∙ 13y agoThe Milky Way is a spiral galaxy and has a diameter of about 100,000 light years (That's 5.87849981 × 1017 miles)
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∙ 10y agowhat are some changes taking place in the milky way galaxy
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The rate at which supernovae explode in a starburst galaxy that is forming stars 10 times faster than the Milky Way is?
about 10 times higher than in the Milky Way
What is the percentage of yellow dwarf stars with solar systems in the Milky Way?
About 10% are yellow dwarfs.
How many Jupiter fit into the milky way?
Approx 23 trillion trillion trillion (2.3*10^37).
How many au is the sun from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy?
An AU is the wrong measurement, that's like asking how far it is from London to New York - in millimeters. An AU is merely the average distance from the Sun to the Earth, some 50 million km. The Milky way is about 100,000 Light years in diameter - a light year is about 10 trillion kilometers (10^16km = 10,000,000,000,000,000km). Since we are on the outer edge of one of the spirals, make that 50,000 light years from the Sun to the center of the Milky Way. So if my math is right, (50,000 * 10^16 )/ (50 * 10^6) = (5 * 10^20) / (5 * 10^7) = 10^13 AU
How far away is the edge of your Solar System?
our solar system is on a spiral on one of the milky ways many spirals. we are in the milky way galaxy which is 100 000 light years in diameter and 10 000 light years thick at the centre.
What isthe milky way?
The milky way is a GALAXY where the earth and the other 10/11 planets are in.
The rate at which supernovae explode in a starburst galaxy that is forming stars 10 times faster than the Milky Way is?
about 10 times higher than in the Milky Way
How many parts are there to the milky way?
9 (without pluto) 10 (w/ pluto)
Is the milky way big or small?
Depends on what you define as "big" or "small"... The nearest star from our Solar System, Toliman (Alpha Centauri), is 4 light-years away. This is already an incredible distance, by our standards; each light-year has almost 10 million million kilometers. It would take our current spacecraft thousands of years to reach there. The diameter of our galaxy (the Milky Way), however, is about 100,000 light-years - about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 km., 10 to the power 18.
What is the percentage of yellow dwarf stars with solar systems in the Milky Way?
About 10% are yellow dwarfs.
What is the typical age for a globular cluster associated with the milky way?
10-12 billion years old.
If a spiral galaxy is 7 billion light-years from Earth and its apparent size is 0.05 arcmin what would its diameter be?
25,000 light years (4 times smaller than the Milky Way).
How many Jupiter fit into the milky way?
Approx 23 trillion trillion trillion (2.3*10^37).
How big is mercury compred to the Milky Way?
Very, very small. The milky way is 100,000 lightyears in diameter and 1000 light years in thickness (approx.). A lightyear is about 10 trillion kilometres. Mercury is about 4900 kilometres in diameter. Pretty big difference.
How many au is the sun from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy?
An AU is the wrong measurement, that's like asking how far it is from London to New York - in millimeters. An AU is merely the average distance from the Sun to the Earth, some 50 million km. The Milky way is about 100,000 Light years in diameter - a light year is about 10 trillion kilometers (10^16km = 10,000,000,000,000,000km). Since we are on the outer edge of one of the spirals, make that 50,000 light years from the Sun to the center of the Milky Way. So if my math is right, (50,000 * 10^16 )/ (50 * 10^6) = (5 * 10^20) / (5 * 10^7) = 10^13 AU
What year is the milky way candy bar first introduced?
The Milkyway candy bar was registered as a trademark on March 10 1925 by Frank Mars and claimed first use date of 1922.
Why is Milky Way included in the local group?
The "Local Group" refers to a group of nearby galaxies, that are gravitationally bound (much like a galaxy itself, a star cluster, or a solar system). This local group includes our own galaxy - the Milky Way - as well as several galaxies in a diameter of about 10 million light-years. The Milky Way is included because it is inside this group, and gravitationally bound by it.
