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Is the milky way galaxy located 2.2 million light years from the sun?
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∙ 13y ago
No. Reach up and pinch your nose; that's part of the Milky Way you are pinching! We - each and every one of us here on Planet Earth - are as much a part of the Milky Way as one of your hairs is part of YOU. We're part of the Earth; the Earth is part of our solar system. This solar system, and every individual star you can see in the sky, are part of the Milky Way.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoNo, the Andromeda galaxy is about 2.4 million light years away.
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What galaxy does planet earth belongs to?
Our solar system is not far from the end of one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way. Our sun is about 26 or 27 thousand light years from the galactic center, and the galaxy is about 70 to 100 thousand light years across. See link for more information.See link for pictorial representation.
Where in the galaxy is the sun located and how long does it take the sun to orbit its galaxy?
The Sun - and the Solar System - are about 26,000 light-years from the Milky Way's center. It takes an estimated 225 million years to go once around the galaxy.
What galaxy is the earth located yo?
Earth is located in the Milky Way Galaxy.
What is the name of the galaxy that contain our solar system?
Our Solar System is part of the Milky Way Galaxy
What is the closest galaxy to milky way?
It is the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is the second closest to the milky way.
Which galaxy is next to the Milky Way?
The Andromeda Galaxy, located approximately 2.5 million light-years from earth.
How many light years from the milky galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy?
The Andromeda Galaxy is at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years from Earth; or from the Milky Way.
What The Earth is located in the Milky Way which is a galaxy.?
The Earth is located in a galaxy called the Milky Way. It is about 26,000 light-years from the center.
What galaxy is closer in distance to the milky way?
Andromeda is the cloest galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy at 2.5 million light years away.
How far is the M64 galaxy from Milky way galaxy?
2 million light years...or 12,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles
What is the milky ways closest galaxy?
The nearest galaxy which is not a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way is the Andromeda Galaxy, just over 2 million light years away.
Where is planet earth in the milky way galaxy?
our galaxy contains between 200- to 400-billion stars arranged in a giant disc shape. The diameter is 100,000 light years with an average thickness of 10,000 light years. The Earth is located about 28,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way.
How far is adromeda galaxy?
This is the nearest galaxy from milky way which is approximately 2.5 million light years away..
Where is the Milky Way located on our galaxy?
"Our" galaxy is the Milky Way.
What is a nearby galaxy to the milky way?
Two nearby galaxies are Andromeda galaxy and Triangulum galaxy. Andromeda galaxy is about 2.56 million light years away from us. Triangulum galaxy is about 3 million light years away from us.
The milky way galaxy and about 17 other galaxies within three million light years of the milky way galaxy are collectivly known as the what?
That is called the "Local Group".
What is the nearest galaxy to earth?
Milky Way Galaxy - Our GalaxyOmega Centauri - former galaxy - 0.0183 million light years awayCanis Major Dwarf - 0.025 million light years awayVirgo Stellar Stream - 0.03 million light years awaySagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy - 0.81 million light years awayLarge Magellanic Cloud - 0.163 million light years awayAndromeda Galaxy - Largest - 2.5 million miles away.The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy orbits the Milky Way at 42,000 light years from the galactic center. The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy orbits at 50,000 light years. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are also very close to the Milky Way, but there is some debate over whether they are "orbiting" the larger galaxy. However, orbiting or not, they are still considered "satellites" of the Milky Way. All of these galaxies are very small compared to the Milky Way and most are irregular in shape, all of them lacking the spiral structure normally associated with a well-organized galaxy. The Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy is 1.44 million light years from the center of the Milky Way, and NGC 6822 (aka Barnard's Galaxy) is 1.6 million light years away.See related link for more information.
