Milky Way galaxy

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
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