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Astronomers have calculated that it takes the Sun 226 million years to completely orbit around the center of the Milky Way.




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How many million years does solar system takes to revolve around the milky way?

The solar system takes approximately 230 million years to orbit the center of the Milky Way.


Around what does the sun orbit?

Yes, most everything in the universe has an orbital path around another large body. The sun revolves around the center of the milky way galaxy, which is a supermassive black hole. Many suns revolve around black holes or other large bodies with large gravitional pulls.


How many times has the sun circled the Milky Way?

From Wikipedia (article on the "Milky Way"): "It takes the Solar System about 225-250 million years to complete one orbit of the galaxy"


How many miles is the sun from the center of the milky way?

Our sun (also known as Sol) is about 80,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. A light year is about seven trillion miles, so 80,000 light years is about 560 quadrillion miles.


Do stars orbit the sun?

No, stars do not orbit the Sun. Stars are distant celestial bodies that have their own gravitational pull and are typically found in galaxies like the Milky Way. The Sun is just one star in the Milky Way galaxy, and it has its own set of planets and other objects orbiting around it.


Is Earth located in the center of the milky way galaxy?

yes.............


How many light years away is the farthest star from us in the milky way galaxy?

The Milky Way galaxy, in which we live, is about 50,000 light years in radius, and we're about 40,000 light years out from the center. So the farthest away stars are probably about 90,000 light years away.


How many light years is the sun located from the center of the milky way galaxy?

The sun is estimated to be 24,900 ± 1,000 ly from the galactic centre.


What distance is the milky way galaxy from the sun?

The sun is one of the many stars in the milky way - our galaxy. Sol, our Suns name is about 25 light years from the center of the Milky Way.


How many galaxies did. Earth orbit?

The Earth, along with the Sun and all the other planets orbit around the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy.


How did newtons idea about the orbit of the planets differ from Kepler's idea?

That the Sun was in the center, not Earth as the Church had said for many years.


How many times has the solar system orbited the center of the galaxy since the sun and planets were formed?

The solar system has completed about 20-25 orbits around the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, since it formed around 4.6 billion years ago. Each orbit takes roughly 225-250 million years to complete.