the Milky Way galaxy

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Earth
gptkb:star
over 100 billion stars
the Orion Arm
gptkbp:has_a_bulge_of older stars
gptkbp:has_a_central_bulge_that_is about 10,000 light-years across
gptkbp:has_a_disk_that_is about 1,000 light-years thick
gptkbp:has_a_halo_of gptkb:dark_matter
gptkbp:has_a_supermassive_black_hole gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Milky Way galaxy
gptkbp:ingredients about 100 billion planets
gptkbp:is_approximately 100,000 light-years in diameter
gptkbp:is_expected_to over 200 billion stars
13.6 billion years old
gptkbp:is_home_to various star clusters
the Galactic Center
gptkbp:is_located_in the Virgo Supercluster
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Local_Group
the Laniakea Supercluster
gptkbp:is_part_of_a_group_of_galaxies_known_as gptkb:the_Local_Group
gptkbp:is_surrounded_by gptkb:the_Magellanic_Clouds
dark matter halo
satellite galaxies
gptkbp:is_the_second_largest_galaxy_in gptkb:the_Local_Group
gptkbp:is_thought_to_have_formed_from smaller protogalaxies
the collapse of a giant molecular cloud
gptkbp:is_visible_from gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:mass approximately 1.5 trillion solar masses
gptkbp:notable_figures interstellar gas and dust
gptkbp:notable_galaxies gptkb:the_Sun
the Galactic Center
the Galactic Halo
the Galactic Core
the Galactic Plane
the Andromeda Galaxy as a neighbor
the Galactic Bulge
the Galactic Disk
the Galactic Nucleus
the Milky Way's solar neighborhood
the majority of the Milky Way's stellar population
the majority of the stars in the night sky
the majority of the stars visible to the naked eye
gptkbp:rotation_period about 225-250 million years
gptkbp:scientific_classification barred spiral galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:cloud_computing
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3