Milky Way

GPTKB entity

Statements (96)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:age about 13.6 billion years
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Messier_Catalogue
gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:centerObject gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Solar_System
Sun
exoplanets
interstellar medium
nebulae
dark matter
globular clusters
open clusters
over 100 billion stars
gptkbp:diameter about 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy ancient civilizations
gptkbp:distanceToAndromedaGalaxy about 2.5 million light-years
gptkbp:firstPhotographedBy gptkb:Isaac_Roberts
gptkbp:futureCollisionTime about 4.5 billion years
gptkbp:futureCollisionWith gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkbp:galacticBulge central bulge
gptkbp:galacticCenter gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
gptkbp:galacticDisk thick disk
thin disk
gptkbp:galacticHalo stellar halo
gptkbp:hasBar yes
gptkbp:hasBlackHoles yes
gptkbp:hasCepheidVariables yes
gptkbp:hasCosmicRays yes
gptkbp:hasDarkMatterHalo yes
gptkbp:hasEscapeVelocityAtSun about 550 km/s
gptkbp:hasGalacticCoordinateSystem yes
gptkbp:hasGalacticLatitude 0° at galactic plane
gptkbp:hasGalacticLongitude 0° at galactic center
gptkbp:hasGalacticYear about 225-250 million years
gptkbp:hasGammaRayBursts yes
gptkbp:hasInterstellarDust yes
gptkbp:hasInterstellarGas yes
gptkbp:hasMetallicityGradient yes
gptkbp:hasNeutronStars yes
gptkbp:hasNovae yes
gptkbp:hasOldestStars about 13 billion years old
gptkbp:hasPlanetaryNebulae yes
gptkbp:hasPulsars yes
gptkbp:hasRotationCurve flat
gptkbp:hasRR_LyraeVariables yes
gptkbp:hasSpiralArm gptkb:Orion_Arm
gptkb:Perseus_Arm
gptkb:Scutum-Centaurus_Arm
gptkb:Norma_Arm
gptkbp:hasStarFormationRegions gptkb:Orion_Nebula
gptkb:Eagle_Nebula
gptkb:Tarantula_Nebula
gptkb:Carina_Nebula
gptkbp:hasSupermassiveBlackHole gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
gptkbp:hasSupernovaRemnants yes
gptkbp:hasSurfaceBrightness low
gptkbp:hasThickDisk yes
gptkbp:hasThinDisk yes
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:hasWarpedDisk yes
gptkbp:hasWhiteDwarfs yes
gptkbp:hasXRayBinaries yes
gptkbp:homeTo life on Earth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Milky Way
gptkbp:includesMyth gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:luminosity about 2 x 10^10 solar luminosities
gptkbp:mass about 1.5 trillion solar masses
gptkbp:namedAfter appearance as a milky band of light
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
radio spectrum
X-ray spectrum
gamma-ray spectrum
infrared spectrum
visible spectrum
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Virgo_Supercluster
gptkbp:rotationPeriodAtSun about 230 million years
gptkbp:satelliteGalaxies gptkb:Large_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkb:Sagittarius_Dwarf_Elliptical_Galaxy
gptkb:Canis_Major_Dwarf_Galaxy
gptkb:Small_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkbp:stellarPopulation gptkb:Population_III_stars_(hypothetical)
gptkb:Population_II_stars
gptkb:Population_I_stars
gptkbp:studiedBy astronomer
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:variableStar yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Earth
gptkb:dessert
gptkb:concert_hall
gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4