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How does the diameter of the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy compare to its thickness?
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∙ 11y ago
The Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years across and 1,000 light years thick.
But the really fun part is that the Milky Way is all around us. We are right inside
the Milky Way; it is our home galaxy. The Milky Way is not far away from you.
You are a part of it.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt's reckoned to be around 1000 light years thick, on average.
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∙ 14y agoOur galaxy is estimated to be around 100,000 light years across. So it is estimated to be 9.46E19km from edge to edge (diameter) and 4.73E19km from its center to the edge (radius).
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∙ 13y agoAbout 100,000 light-years across - meaning that it takes light 100,000 years to go from one end to the other.
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∙ 11y agoThe diameter is about 100 times as great as the thickness.
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∙ 11y agoAbout 100 times greater than the thickness.
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How many times larger is the diameter of the milky way galaxy to the diameter of Saturn's rings?
The Milky Way Galaxy is about 6 trillion times larger than the rings of Saturn. Forgetting the newly discovered supersized ring, the "normal" rings have a diameter of about 160,000km. The diameter of the Milky Way is about 100,000 light years or 9.4605284 × 1017 km. Divide one by the other and the answer is about 6 trillion (5,912,830,250,000)
What galaxy are we in and approximately where are you located?
We are in the Milky Way Galaxy at the end of one of the arms.
In Which galaxy is the star beetlejuice?
The Milky Way Galaxy
What is the milky way and where is it in the universe?
Earth is in the milky way the milky way is a galaxy, a spiral galaxy i think and its called the milky way because it looks like milk when you see it at night yo other people who will probably answer like a second after me -Alex
Why is your galaxy called the milk way?
The Greek word Galaxy is "milk". The name Milky Way Galaxy is derived from the way intra-galaxy dust and clouds appear as they stream across the night sky.
What is the estimated diameter and thickness of your galaxy?
Our Galaxy The Milky Way is 100,000 light years across the largest section and is 1000 light years deep in thickness
How big is the Milky Way?
The stellar disk of the Milky Way galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years in diameter and about 10,000 light years in thickness.
What is the order of diameter of your galaxy?
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, has a diameter of about 100,000 light-years.
How dos your solar system campare to the size of the milky way galaxy?
When compared to the diameter of the Milky Way galaxy,the diameter of our solar system is very nearly zero.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy compared to?
Our Milky Way is a galaxy, so you may want to compare it to other galaxies.
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.
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.
Which is bigger the sun or the galaxy?
The sun is but one of several hundred billion stars within the Milky Way Galaxy. Thus the galaxy is much larger. The Milky Way is so vast that it takes light approximately 100,000 years to travel its diameter, and 1,000 years to travel its thickness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way
How many light years the galaxy to galaxy?
The nearest galaxy to our Milky Way is the Andromeda galaxy, which is about 2.5 million light years away (that is not including the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, small, irregular "satellite" galaxies of our own).
How long does it take light to cross the diameter of your Milky Way Galaxy?
About 100,000 years
How many times larger is the diameter of the milky way galaxy to the diameter of Saturn's rings?
The Milky Way Galaxy is about 6 trillion times larger than the rings of Saturn. Forgetting the newly discovered supersized ring, the "normal" rings have a diameter of about 160,000km. The diameter of the Milky Way is about 100,000 light years or 9.4605284 × 1017 km. Divide one by the other and the answer is about 6 trillion (5,912,830,250,000)
The Milky Way is one?
The Milky way is a galaxy. A spiral galaxy, to be more precise.The Milky way is a galaxy. A spiral galaxy, to be more precise.The Milky way is a galaxy. A spiral galaxy, to be more precise.The Milky way is a galaxy. A spiral galaxy, to be more precise.
