Milky-White Way

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:age about 13.6 billion years
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:centerContains supermassive black hole (Sagittarius A*)
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Solar_System
over 100 billion stars
Orion Arm (where Solar System is located)
gptkbp:diameter about 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy ancient civilizations
gptkbp:distanceToAndromedaGalaxy about 2.5 million light-years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Milky-White Way
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:mass about 1.5 trillion solar masses
gptkbp:rotationPeriod about 225-250 million years (at Sun's position)
gptkbp:satelliteGalaxies gptkb:Large_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkb:Canis_Major_Dwarf_Galaxy
gptkb:Sagittarius_Dwarf_Spheroidal_Galaxy
gptkb:Small_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:visibleFromEarthAs band of light in night sky
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Take_6_(album)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7