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Yes. A galaxy does contain an average of 100 billion solar masses.
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Does 600 billion solar masses equal to 600 billion stars?
Not necessarily. In simplest form, 600 billion solar masses simply means that something is 600 billion times more massive than the sun, regardless of what it is. The sun is more massive than the average star, so if we are talking about stars alone, then 600 billion masses would be equivalent to more than 600 billion stars. It would also depend on what the context is. For example if a galaxy is 600 billion solar masses, much of that mass would be in interstellar gas and dust clouds in addition to stars.
Where is the biggest blackhole in the universe?
In the galaxy m87 at the center of the constellation Virgo, is a super massive blackhole of 3 billion solar masses and a diameter of 11 billion miles.And that is in the known universe.Another's view: There is a blackhole of 18 billion solar masses in the quasar OJ 287 and it is (approximately) 3.5 billion light years away.
Does 1 billion solar masses equal to 1 billion stars?
Not exactly; stars come in different sizes; or in this case, different masses. In fact, the large majority of stars are red dwarves, which are smaller - and less massive - than the Sun; therefore, I would suspect that a billion stars (randomly selected - or perhaps all the stars in a small galaxy) would have a bit LESS than a billion solar masses. A "solar mass" is simply a convenient way to visualize large masses; for example, for a supergalactic black hole, "a billion solar masses" is easier to visualize than "2 times 10 to the power 39 kilograms".
What is the estimated average mass of our Galaxy in relation to the Sun?
The Milky Way Galaxy has a mass of 5.8 × 10^11 solar masses.
Where are galaxy mass black holes found in?
There is no such thing as a black hole with the mass of a galaxy. At least, none that we know of, and not if you are thinking of a large galaxy like the Milky Way. The largest known black hole has about 20 billion solar masses - which is still much less than the mass of a typical galaxy. For example, our Milky Way is estimated to have a mass of about 700 billion solar masses. However, such as massive black hole does have a mass comparable to smaller galaxies, i.e., dwarf galaxies. In any case, such huge black holes are found in the center of large galaxies.
What is the mass of the largest black hole on the chart?
The supergiant elliptical galaxy NGC4889 is believed to hold the most massive black hole directly observed, at 21 billion solar masses, although it may be as high as 37 billion solar masses. Other candidates include the Phoenix Cluster's one at 20 billion, and the OJ287 object at around 18 billion. (The size can be calculated from the mass as it is in direct proportion to it.)
Does the supermassive blackhole at the center of your galaxy contain most of the mass of the galaxy?
No. The super massive black hole at the center of the galaxy has about 4 million times the mass of the sun while the galaxy as a whole has at leas 1 trillion solar masses. In other words the black hole at the center of the galaxy accounts for about one twenty-fifth of one percent of the galaxy's mass.
How big is the cartwheel galaxy?
The Cartwheel Galaxy is about 150,000 light years across (about one and a half times larger than the Milky Way); However, it has a mass of less than 5 billion solar masses (the Milky Way has over a trillion).
How big is the Pinwheel galaxy?
The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years (six megaparsecs away in the constellation Ursa MajorM101 is a relatively large galaxy compared to the Milky Way. With a diameter of 170,000 light-years it is seventy percent larger than the Milky Way.It has a disk mass on the order of 100 billion solar masses, along with a small bulge of about 3 billion solar masses.
Are there stars in the universe that are bigger than your entire galaxy?
None that we know of. The Milky Way is a bit larger than the average galaxy, with somewhere between 500 billion to a trillion stars (it's difficult to know, because there are an unknown number of small and invisibly dim red or brown dwarf stars). We don't believe it possible that any single star to be much larger than about 150 solar masses.
How do you calculate the center of gravity?
By taking the weighted average of all the individual masses. If the masses are distributed (as opposed to point-masses), integrals must be used.By taking the weighted average of all the individual masses. If the masses are distributed (as opposed to point-masses), integrals must be used.By taking the weighted average of all the individual masses. If the masses are distributed (as opposed to point-masses), integrals must be used.By taking the weighted average of all the individual masses. If the masses are distributed (as opposed to point-masses), integrals must be used.
How far from a black hole's event horizon would you have to be to experience the equivalent of Earth's gravity?
That would depend on the mass of the black hole. Here are some values: 3 solar masses: 3.96 million miles 30 solar masses: 12.5 million miles 1000 solar masses: 72.3 million miles 1 million solar masses: 2.23 billion miles 4 million solar masses: 4.57 billion miles 100 million solar masses: 22.7 billion miles 1 billion solar masses: Within the event horizon
