The Milky Way

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
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:white_dwarfs
gptkb:Orion_Arm
gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
black holes
supernova remnants
exoplanets
interstellar medium
nebulae
dark matter
globular clusters
open clusters
pulsars
brown dwarfs
main sequence stars
stellar nurseries
cosmic dust
billions of planets
red giants
gptkbp:diameter about 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy ancient civilizations
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth Earth is located about 27,000 light-years from the galactic center
gptkbp:firstPhotographed late 19th century
gptkbp:futureCollision gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy_(in_about_4.5_billion_years)
gptkbp:galacticBar yes
gptkbp:galacticBulge yes
gptkbp:galacticHalo yes
gptkbp:galaxy gptkb:Triangulum_Galaxy
gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkbp:hasSupermassiveBlackHole gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Milky Way
gptkbp:locationOfSolarSystem gptkb:Orion_Arm
gptkbp:mass about 1.5 trillion solar masses
gptkbp:namedAfter appearance as a milky band of light
gptkbp:nameInGreekMythology gptkb:Γαλαξίας_(Galaxias)
gptkbp:nameInRomanMythology gptkb:Via_Lactea
gptkbp:observedBy both hemispheres
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:Sagittarius_Dwarf_Spheroidal_Galaxy
gptkb:Small_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkbp:shape disk with central bulge and halo
gptkbp:studiedBy astronomer
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Animated_Short_Film
gptkb:Harold_Lloyd
gptkb:Macha_Méril
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5