Milky Way Galaxy

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:age about 13.6 billion years
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Solar_System
gptkb:Orion_Arm
gptkb:Perseus_Arm
gptkb:Scutum-Centaurus_Arm
gptkb:Dark_Matter
gptkb:Galactic_Bulge
gptkb:Galactic_Disk
gptkb:Galactic_Halo
gptkb:Interstellar_Medium
gptkb:Norma_Arm
gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
Nebulae
Globular Clusters
Open Clusters
billions of planetary systems
gptkbp:diameter about 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkbp:distanceToAndromedaGalaxy about 2.5 million light-years
gptkbp:firstPhotographedBy gptkb:Edward_Emerson_Barnard
gptkbp:futureCollisionTime about 4.5 billion years
gptkbp:futureCollisionWith gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkbp:galacticLatitude 0,0 at Sagittarius A*
gptkbp:galacticYear about 225–250 million Earth years
gptkbp:hasBar yes
gptkbp:hasSpiralArms yes
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Earth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Milky Way Galaxy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:mass about 1.5 trillion solar masses
gptkbp:namedAfter milky appearance in the night sky
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Local_Group
gptkb:Virgo_Supercluster
gptkbp:rating 100–400 billion
gptkbp:rotationPeriod about 225–250 million years
gptkbp:satelliteGalaxies gptkb:Large_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkb:Canis_Major_Dwarf_Galaxy
gptkb:Draco_Dwarf_Galaxy
gptkb:Fornax_Dwarf_Galaxy
gptkb:Sagittarius_Dwarf_Spheroidal_Galaxy
gptkb:Sculptor_Dwarf_Galaxy
gptkb:Small_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkb:Ursa_Minor_Dwarf_Galaxy
gptkbp:studiedBy astronomer
gptkbp:thickness about 1,000 light-years
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:M12
gptkb:Necron_Warriors
gptkb:Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series
gptkb:USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-A)
gptkb:Imperium_of_Man
gptkb:Chaos_Space_Marines
gptkb:A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep
gptkb:Tankbustas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5