The solar system is the Milky Way galaxy, Earth, and all other planets and galaxies are the solar system.
No, the solar system is not in the centre of the galaxy, it's roughly halfway between the centre and the edge.The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Earth. This name derives from its appearance as a dim "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky, in which the naked eye cannot distinguish individual stars. our solar system is in the half way through the milky way.
We call the galaxy we live in the Milky Way. We call the sun at the center of our solar system Sol. We call the planet we live on Sol or Terra.
There is no black hole in our solar system.It is believed, however, that there is a black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, and that there are black holes at the center of every galaxy.
Our solar system is about 2/3 of the way out one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy, well out from the center. Because of the apparent expansion of the universe, we are unable to determine where the Milky Way galaxy is with reference to any 'fixed" reference; there appear to be no fixed references in the universe.
We (our Solar System) are going around the center of the galaxy; we are in orbit around the galaxy. This is not much different from the Earth going in an orbit around the Sun. The black hole at the center doesn't change anything; it is just one object more that has some mass - an insignificant amount of mass, compared to the remainder of the galaxy.We (our Solar System) are going around the center of the galaxy; we are in orbit around the galaxy. This is not much different from the Earth going in an orbit around the Sun. The black hole at the center doesn't change anything; it is just one object more that has some mass - an insignificant amount of mass, compared to the remainder of the galaxy.We (our Solar System) are going around the center of the galaxy; we are in orbit around the galaxy. This is not much different from the Earth going in an orbit around the Sun. The black hole at the center doesn't change anything; it is just one object more that has some mass - an insignificant amount of mass, compared to the remainder of the galaxy.We (our Solar System) are going around the center of the galaxy; we are in orbit around the galaxy. This is not much different from the Earth going in an orbit around the Sun. The black hole at the center doesn't change anything; it is just one object more that has some mass - an insignificant amount of mass, compared to the remainder of the galaxy.
No, the solar system is not in the centre of the galaxy, it's roughly halfway between the centre and the edge.The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Earth. This name derives from its appearance as a dim "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky, in which the naked eye cannot distinguish individual stars. our solar system is in the half way through the milky way.
Our solar system lies about halfway out (roughly 27,000 light years) from the galactic center, on a spur of the galactic arm called the Orion Arm, or sometimes called the Orion spur or simply "local spur".
Galaxies form groups called galaxy clusters, so they would orbit the center of mass of the galaxy clusters, just as our Solar System orbits the center of mass of our galaxy.Galaxies form groups called galaxy clusters, so they would orbit the center of mass of the galaxy clusters, just as our Solar System orbits the center of mass of our galaxy.Galaxies form groups called galaxy clusters, so they would orbit the center of mass of the galaxy clusters, just as our Solar System orbits the center of mass of our galaxy.Galaxies form groups called galaxy clusters, so they would orbit the center of mass of the galaxy clusters, just as our Solar System orbits the center of mass of our galaxy.
halfway between two objects .
NO!!! The Sun and its Solar Sytam are located in one of the 'tails' of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy it like a giant Catherine Wheel, with a bright core and two curved tails. The whole of which is rotating. We are in one of those curved tails.
The Sun (and therefore the Earth and Solar System) are found close to the inner rim of the Galaxy's Orion Arm, in the Local Fluff inside the Local Bubble, and in the Gould Belt, at a distance of ~25,000 light years from the Galactic Center. See link for a pictorial representation
About 26,000 light years.
About 25,000 light-years from the center.
25,000
The center of our galaxy is at a distance that is estimated to be between 25,000 and 28,000 light-years. As to the direction, it is in the constellation Sagittarius. If you want coordinates, the Wikipedia lists the following (article: galactic center): "In the Equatorial coordinate system they are: RA 17h45m40.04s, Dec -29° 00' 28.1" (J2000 epoch)."
No. Our solar system is about 2/3 of the way out one of the spiral arms of our galaxy, a LONG way from the center. Considering that the center of the galaxy (of many galaxies, actually) is probably occupied by a supermassive black hole, it's probably safer to be out that far.
No. The sun is in the centre of our solar system. In the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is probably a black hole.