Milky Way galaxy

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Milky_Way_galaxy

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:age	about 13.6 billion years
gptkbp:cataloguedIn	Messier Catalogue (as Messier 24, a star cloud)
gptkbp:centralTo	gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Earth gptkb:Solar_System gptkb:Orion_Arm gptkb:Perseus_Arm gptkb:Dark_Matter gptkb:Galactic_Bulge gptkb:Galactic_Disk gptkb:Galactic_Halo gptkb:H_II_Regions gptkb:Interstellar_Medium gptkb:Norma_Arm gptkb:Sagittarius_A* gptkb:Scutum–Centaurus_Arm Sun Exoplanets Nebulae Pulsars Black Holes Globular Clusters Molecular Clouds Open Clusters Planetary Nebulae Red Giants Star-forming Regions Supernova Remnants White Dwarfs
gptkbp:diameter	about 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
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:galacticCenterCoordinates	RA 17h 45m 40.04s \| Dec -29° 00′ 28.1″
gptkbp:galacticLatitudeOfCenter	about 0°
gptkbp:galacticLongitudeOfCenter	about 0°
gptkbp:galacticYear	about 225–250 million Earth years
gptkbp:hasViewOf	gptkb:Earth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Milky Way galaxy
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Virgo_Supercluster
gptkbp:mass	about 1.5 trillion solar masses
gptkbp:namedAfter	milky appearance in the night sky
gptkbp:observedBy	ancient civilizations
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:rating	100–400 billion
gptkbp:rotationPeriod	about 225–250 million years (at Sun's position)
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:type	gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Sun
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4