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The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years in diameter; it would take light about 100,000 years to cover the whole distance.
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How long would it take to cross the milkyway at an impossible speed of light?
About 100,000 years. (the diameter of the Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years)
How long does it take light to cross the diameter of your Milky Way Galaxy?
About 100,000 years
How long is the Milky Way in light years?
The Milky Way's diameter is about 100,000 light-years.
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).
At light speed how fast does it take to cross the milky way?
About 100,000 years.About 100,000 years.About 100,000 years.About 100,000 years.
If the Sun and Earth were at the edge of the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy what would be the diameter of the galaxy in light years?
It wouldn't matter where the Sun was, the Milky Way Galaxy would still have a diameter of around 100,000 light years.
How far across the milky way?
The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years in diameter and about 1000 light years thick.
How long does it take the Milky Way to rotate?
A disk has multiple speeds - at it's perfect center it's standing still (as you approach the center the speed gets smaller and smaller as you approach 0) At the outer rim (where our star Sol and it's attending planets) are rotating around the galaxy center at about 500,000 mph, ~0.0007% of the speed of light.
Is Saturn in the milky way?
All of our Solar System is inside the Milky Way. To get outside the Milky Way, you would have to travel several tens of thousands of light-years.
What is the estimated size of the Milky Way?
Milky Way galaxy range from 100,000 light years up to 120,000 light years.
What is the distance across the milky way galaxy?
Our Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years across.
How far would you have to travel to get to the end of the milky way galaxy?
Our spiral galaxy of The Milky Way Galaxy is approximately 80,000 to 120,000 light-years across, and less than 7,000 light-years thick.
