Milky Way

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The Milky Way is the barred spiral galaxy that contains our Solar System and hundreds of billions of other stars.

All labels observed (18)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
barred spiral galaxy
galaxy
age about 13.6 billion years
approximateDiameter about 100,000 light-years
about 30 kiloparsecs
approximateMass about 1 trillion solar masses
about 10^12 solar masses
approximateStellarCount about 100–400 billion stars
hundreds of billions of stars
contains Earth
Norma Arm
Orion Arm
Perseus Arm
Sagittarius A*
linked to: Milky Way center

Scutum–Centaurus Arm
Sun
central bar
cosmic rays
dark matter halo
exoplanets
galactic bulge
galactic disk
galactic halo
globular clusters
interstellar medium
molecular clouds
open star clusters
planetary systems
spiral arms
stars
supermassive black hole
coordinateSystem galactic coordinates
distanceToAndromedaGalaxy about 2.5 million light-years
formationEpoch shortly after the Big Bang
galacticCenterConstellation Sagittarius
galacticCenterObject Sagittarius A*
linked to: Milky Way center
galacticPlaneInclinationToEcliptic about 60 degrees
hasPart Solar System
hasSatellite Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
Large Magellanic Cloud
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Small Magellanic Cloud
memberOf Local Group
morphologicalType SBbc
neighborOf Andromeda Galaxy
Triangulum Galaxy
observedIn X-ray wavelengths
infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
partOf Laniakea Supercluster
rotationPeriodAtSun about 225–250 million years
shape barred spiral
solarOrbitName Galactic year
SunDistanceFromCenter about 27,000 light-years
about 8 kiloparsecs
SunLocation Orion Arm
visibleFromEarth as a band of light in the night sky

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Earth belongsToGalaxy Milky Way
SETI searchesRegion Milky Way galaxy
linked to: Milky Way
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy setting Milky Way galaxy
linked to: Milky Way
Pale Blue Dot setting Milky Way galaxy
linked to: Milky Way
Sun locatedIn Milky Way
Solar System locatedIn Milky Way
Pleiades hostGalaxy Milky Way
Drake equation mainSubject Milky Way galaxy
linked to: Milky Way
Drake equation appliesTo Milky Way galaxy
linked to: Milky Way
Anaxagoras viewOnMilkyWay the Milky Way is the light of distant stars
linked to: Milky Way
The Backbone of Night subject Milky Way
Gallifrey galaxy Milky Way (in-universe depiction)
linked to: Milky Way
Orion Arm partOf Milky Way
Orion Arm locatedIn Milky Way galaxy
linked to: Milky Way
Local Bubble locatedIn Milky Way
Milky Way center partOf Milky Way
Milky Way center locatedIn Milky Way
Local Group contains Milky Way
Local Group isDominatedBy Milky Way
Seven Sisters locatedInGalaxy Milky Way
Sol orbits Milky Way
Sol locatedIn Milky Way
Andromeda Galaxy neighborOf Milky Way
Andromeda Galaxy movingToward Milky Way
Perseus Arm partOf Milky Way
Perseus Arm locatedIn Milky Way disk
linked to: Milky Way
Scutum–Centaurus Arm partOf Milky Way
Scutum–Centaurus Arm galaxy Milky Way
Scutum–Centaurus Arm locatedIn Milky Way disk
linked to: Milky Way
Scutum–Centaurus Arm componentOf Milky Way spiral structure
linked to: Milky Way
Small Magellanic Cloud orbits Milky Way
Norma Arm partOf Milky Way
Norma Arm locatedIn Milky Way disk
linked to: Milky Way
Laniakea Supercluster contains Milky Way
Pedile isIn Milky Way
subject linked to: Pedile (Hyad)
Aldebaran isMemberOf Milky Way
23 Tauri locatedIn Milky Way
Berserker hypothesis scale Milky Way galaxy
linked to: Milky Way