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

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.

Magellanic Clouds → orbit → Milky Way ⓘ
subject surface form: Large Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Clouds → orbit → Milky Way ⓘ
Magellanic Clouds → orbit → Milky Way ⓘ
subject surface form: Small Magellanic Cloud
Small Magellanic Cloud → orbits → Milky Way ⓘ
Sol → orbits → Milky Way ⓘ
Coronis (Hyad) → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Coronis (Hyad) → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
subject surface form: Hyades
Milky Way center → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Norma Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Orion Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Perseus Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Scutum–Centaurus Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Dark Energy Survey → researchArea → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way structure
Berserker hypothesis → scale → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
SETI → searchesRegion → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Foundation → setIn → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
Foundation and Empire → setIn → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
Foundation's Edge → setInRegion → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
Galactic Empire series → setting → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
Krikkit war → setting → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy (fictionalized)
Pale Blue Dot → setting → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
The Backbone of Night → subject → Milky Way ⓘ
Gaia observatory → targetGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
OGLE-I survey → targetedRegion → Milky Way ⓘ
Anaxagoras → viewOnMilkyWay → Milky Way ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Milky Way is the light of distant stars