Milky Way

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astronomical object barred spiral galaxy galaxy

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

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Milky Way galaxy	10
Milky Way Galaxy	4
Milky Way disk	3
The Milky Way	2
Milky Way (in-universe depiction)	1
Milky Way galaxy (fictionalized)	1
Milky Way region of sky	1
Milky Way spiral structure	1
Milky Way structure	1
the Milky Way is the light of distant stars	1

Statements (59)

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 ⓘ Milky Way center ⓘ surface form: Sagittarius A* 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	Milky Way center ⓘ surface form: Sagittarius A*
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (85)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Drake equation → appliesTo → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy

Thyone (Hyad) → belongsTo → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy

Earth → belongsToGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ

Scutum–Centaurus Arm → componentOf → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way spiral structure

Laniakea Supercluster → contains → Milky Way ⓘ

Local Group → contains → Milky Way ⓘ

Magellanic Clouds → extendsAround → Milky Way ⓘ

subject surface form: Magellanic Stream

Gallifrey → galaxy → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way (in-universe depiction)

Scutum–Centaurus Arm → galaxy → Milky Way ⓘ

Large Glass by Marcel Duchamp → hasPart → Milky Way ⓘ

subject surface form: Large Glass

Mamalluca Observatory → hasViewOf → Milky Way ⓘ

Magellanic Clouds → haveInteractionWith → Milky Way ⓘ

Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy → hostGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ

Pleiades → hostGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ

Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy → hostGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ

Pillars of Creation → in → Milky Way ⓘ

Large Magellanic Cloud → interactsGravitationallyWith → Milky Way ⓘ

Local Group → isDominatedBy → Milky Way ⓘ

Pedile (Hyad) → isIn → Milky Way ⓘ

subject surface form: Pedile

Aldebaran (foreground star, not a member) → isMemberOf → Milky Way ⓘ

subject surface form: Aldebaran

Andromeda Galaxy → isNearestLargeSpiralTo → Milky Way ⓘ

Southern Cross → isPartOf → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way region of sky

Magellanic Clouds → isSatelliteGalaxyOf → Milky Way ⓘ

subject surface form: Large Magellanic Cloud

Magellanic Clouds → isSatelliteGalaxyOf → Milky Way ⓘ

subject surface form: Small Magellanic Cloud

Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy → isSatelliteOf → Milky Way ⓘ

23 Tauri (star traditionally named Merope) → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

subject surface form: 23 Tauri

Baade’s Window → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Carina Nebula → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Eudora (Hyad) → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Thyone (Hyad) → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

subject surface form: Hyades open cluster

Local Bubble → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Local Interstellar Cloud → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

globular star cluster M13 → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

subject surface form: M13

Milky Way center → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Norma Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way disk

Orion Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy

Perseus Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way disk

Scutum–Centaurus Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way disk

Sol → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Solar System → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Southern Ring Nebula → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Sun → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Thyone (Hyad) → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ

Seven Sisters → locatedInGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ

Drake equation → mainSubject → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy

Andromeda Galaxy → movingToward → Milky Way ⓘ

Andromeda Galaxy → neighborOf → Milky Way ⓘ

Harold Lloyd → notableWork → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Milky Way

Luis Buñuel → notableWork → Milky Way ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Milky Way

Pangue Observatory → observes → Milky Way ⓘ