the Milky Way Galaxy

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:composed_of gptkb:natural_gas
dust
stars
gptkbp:contains gptkb:dark_matter
gptkb:star
star clusters
nebulae
gptkbp:diameter approximately 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:has_a_central_bulge gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_a_galactic_core gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_a_halo gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_a_spiral_structure gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_a_supermassive_black_hole gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
gptkbp:has_an_estimated_number_of_stars 100 to 400 billion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Milky Way Galaxy
gptkbp:is_approximately 13.6 billion years old
gptkbp:is_home_to gptkb:the_Earth
gptkbp:is_located_in the Virgo Supercluster
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:is_visible_from as a band of light
gptkbp:notable_galaxies gptkb:the_Pinwheel_Galaxy
gptkb:the_Milky_Way
gptkb:the_Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkb:the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkb:the_Sculptor_Galaxy
gptkb:the_Small_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkb:the_Sombrero_Galaxy
gptkb:the_Triangulum_Galaxy
the Messier 87
the Centaurus A
the NGC 1316
the NGC 1365
the NGC 1569
the NGC 224
the NGC 2403
the NGC 253
the NGC 2537
the NGC 300
the NGC 404
the NGC 4214
the NGC 5128
the NGC 6822
the NGC 6946
the NGC 891
the Whirlpool Galaxy
gptkbp:rotation_period gptkb:true
about 225-250 million years
gptkbp:scientific_classification barred spiral galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mercury
gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Orion
gptkb:Mars
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkb:The_Solar_System
gptkb:The_Foundation_and_Robot_series
gptkb:humans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4