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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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Milky Way canonical 464
Milky Way galaxy 36
Milky Way Galaxy 13

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 (534)

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

Earth → belongsToGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
SETI → searchesRegion → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy → setting → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Pale Blue Dot → setting → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Sun → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
Solar System → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
Pleiades → hostGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
Drake equation → mainSubject → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Drake equation → appliesTo → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Anaxagoras → viewOnMilkyWay → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Milky Way is the light of distant stars
The Backbone of Night → subject → Milky Way ⓘ
Gallifrey → galaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way (in-universe depiction)
Orion Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Orion Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Local Interstellar Cloud → locatedIn → 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 ⓘ
Andromeda Galaxy → onCollisionCourseWith → Milky Way ⓘ
Andromeda Galaxy → isNearestLargeSpiralTo → Milky Way ⓘ
Triangulum Galaxy → oneOfClosestLargeGalaxiesTo → Milky Way ⓘ
Perseus Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Perseus Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way disk
Large Magellanic Cloud → satelliteOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Large Magellanic Cloud → interactsGravitationallyWith → Milky Way ⓘ
Scutum–Centaurus Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Scutum–Centaurus Arm → galaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
Scutum–Centaurus Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way disk
Scutum–Centaurus Arm → componentOf → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way spiral structure
Small Magellanic Cloud → satelliteOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud → orbits → Milky Way ⓘ
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy → hostGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy → isSatelliteOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Norma Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Norma Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way disk
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy → hostGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy → satelliteOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy → tidalInteractionWith → Milky Way ⓘ
Laniakea Supercluster → contains → Milky Way ⓘ
Pedile (Hyad) → isIn → Milky Way ⓘ
subject surface form: Pedile
Aldebaran (foreground star, not a member) → isMemberOf → Milky Way ⓘ
subject surface form: Aldebaran
23 Tauri (star traditionally named Merope) → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
subject surface form: 23 Tauri
Berserker hypothesis → scale → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy