How far does the galaxy travel in one year?

Answer 1

The radius of the observable universe is about 15 billion light years.

That's 90 billion trillion miles or 1.35e+ 26 meters or 5.3149606299e+27 inches or 4.492133858e+26 feet or 4.4763779528e+26 yards or 1.25 e +28 centameters or 1.25 e + 29 mm. or 1.35 e + 32 micro meters or 1.35 e+35 nano meters or 1.35 e+38 picto meters or 1.3472083149 e+ 39 x unit or 1.35 e+ 50 yoctometer or 1.25 e+ 47 zepto meters.

Comments: That's not the usual answer, given by astronomers. They usually say "about 45 billion light years".

The AGE of the Universe is about 15 billion years, or more precisely about 13.7 billion years. So, light reaching us cannot have travelled more than about 13.7 billion light years.

However, the Universe has been expanding. Something that emitted light 13.7 billion years ago could NOW be as far away as about 45 billion light years.

Answer 2

The furthest known galaxy is IOK-1 at a distance of approximately 12.9 billion light years.

It was formed roughly 750 million years after the big bang.

Abell 1835 IR1916 was believed to be around 13.2 billion light years from us, but there is controversy about whether it was a galaxy or not.

See link for more information.

Answer 3

That is like asking, how big is the Universe. It is not currently known how large the Universe is, but it is believed that the Universe is much, much larger than the observable Universe, which has a radius of 40 or 50 billion light-years.

Answer 4

Planets - up to 30 astronomical units (1 AU = 93 million miles)

Stars - 4.2 light years upwards (1 LY = 65740 AU)

Galaxies - closest one about 2 million light years, others up to 11 billion LY.

Answer 5

Compared to what, exactly? You should know that any movement must be specified in relation to something. According to the Wikipedia, the Milky Way has a speed estimated at about 630 kilometers/second, relative to the Hubble Flow. If I understand it correctly, this basically compares the speed of our galaxy (the Milky Way) with the AVERAGE speed of surrounding galaxies. You may want to use that number for your calculations.

Answer 6

We're in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's about 100,000 light years across. The figure is pretty accurate, so that's how far the galaxy extends. == ==

Answer 7

Millions and billions of light-years away.

Answer 8

a galaxy could be as deep as a black hole sucking you in.

Answer 9

Millions of light-years apart.