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GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:age approximately 13.6 billion years
gptkbp:body_shape barred spiral
gptkbp:contains gptkb:interstellar_medium
gptkb:star
over 200 billion stars
more than 150 globular clusters
gptkbp:contains_star 100 to 400 billion
gptkbp:diameter approximately 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:has_a_central_bulge yes
gptkbp:has_a_halo dark matter halo
gptkbp:has_a_rotation_curve flat rotation curve
gptkbp:has_a_supermassive_black_hole gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
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gptkbp:is_approximately 1.5 million light-years thick
gptkbp:is_expected_to over 100 billion stars
over 10 billion planets
gptkbp:is_home_to billions of planets
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Laniakea_Supercluster
the observable universe
the Milky Way group
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:is_surrounded_by satellite galaxies
gptkbp:is_the_most_studied_galaxy_in the universe
gptkbp:is_the_second_largest_galaxy_in gptkb:the_Local_Group
gptkbp:is_visible_from gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:location gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:notable_galaxies gptkb:Earth
gptkb:the_Solar_System
the Galactic Center
the Scutum-Centaurus Arm
the Galactic Halo
the Galactic Core
the Galactic Plane
the Orion Spur
the Cygnus Arm
the Norma Arm
the Orion Arm
the Perseus Arm
the Galactic Bulge
the Galactic Disk
the Galactic Nucleus
the Galactic Equator
the Carina Arm
the Centaurus Arm
the Milky Way group
the Sagittarius Arm
gptkbp:rotation_period about 225-250 million years
gptkbp:scientific_classification Sb type galaxy
gptkbp:signage four major arms
gptkbp:type gptkb:spiral_galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:O_Sol
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6