The Milky Way Galaxy

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:contains gptkb:physicist
gptkb:observatory
gptkb:nebula
over 100 billion stars
gptkbp:depicted_in as a band of light in the night sky
the southern hemisphere as the Milky Way band
gptkbp:diameter approximately 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:drive_type where most stars are located
gptkbp:eccentricity the presence of dark matter
gptkbp:focuses_on the Gaia mission
gptkbp:formed the merging of smaller galaxies
gptkbp:geological_formation such as the Carina Nebula
gptkbp:has_appearance in its center
gptkbp:has_luminosity that contains globular clusters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Milky Way Galaxy
gptkbp:is_a_center_for gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
gptkbp:is_expected_to over 200 billion stars
13.6 billion years old
over 100 billion planets
gptkbp:is_home_to various types of nebulae
the Orion Arm
gptkbp:is_often_depicted_as gptkb:Author
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Local_Group
gptkb:Milky_Way_system
gptkbp:is_said_to_have several major mergers
gptkbp:is_studied_in astrophysics
gptkbp:is_surrounded_by a halo of hot gas
a vast expanse of intergalactic space
gptkbp:located_in the Virgo Supercluster
gptkbp:mass approximately 1.5 trillion solar masses
gptkbp:notable_models gptkb:the_Sun
the Galactic Center
the Galactic Halo
the Galactic Core
the Galactic Plane
the Galactic Bulge
the Galactic Disk
the Milky Way's solar neighborhood
the Andromeda Galaxy as a neighboring galaxy
the Galactic Bulge Red Giants
the Galactic Bulge Stars
the Galactic Center Black Hole
the Galactic Center Stars
the Galactic Core Stars
the Galactic Core Supermassive Black Hole
the Galactic Disk Open Clusters
the Galactic Disk Stars
the Galactic Equator
the Galactic Equator Stars
the Galactic Halo Globular Clusters
the Galactic Halo Stars
the Galactic Plane Stars
gptkbp:number_of_locations such as the Pleiades
gptkbp:orbital_period about 225-250 million years
gptkbp:scientific_classification barred spiral galaxy
gptkbp:social_structure the Laniakea Supercluster
gptkbp:storage that contains older stars
gptkbp:subject many astronomical studies
gptkbp:type_of gptkb:Spiral_Galaxy
gptkbp:universe including the Large Magellanic Cloud