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2006-11-15 19:38:17 · 4 answers · asked by Maths Pro 1 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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Just as the planets travel in orbit around our Sun, so do the the Sun and the other stars of the milky way travel around the center of our galaxy.

2006-11-15 19:41:50 · answer #1 · answered by Todd D 3 · 0 1

Our solar system is part of the milky way galaxy. That is a fact so why are people giving a thumbs down to answers that say that?

2006-11-16 04:24:47 · answer #2 · answered by Ted T 5 · 0 1

Milky Way, the galaxy of which the sun and solar system are a part, seen as a broad band of light arching across the night sky from horizon to horizon; if not blocked by the horizon, it would be seen as a circle around the entire sky. Although its motion is not readily apparent, the entire galaxy is rotating about the Milky Way's center. Relative to the universe, the galaxy is moving at a speed of c.370 mi per sec (c.590 km per sec) in the same direction that the constellation Leo lies relative to the earth; it is also moving at c.60 mi per sec (c.100 km per sec) relative to the center of mass of the Local Group of galaxies. The sun, traveling at a speed of c.150 mi per sec (c.240 km per sec) in a nearly circular orbit, takes 200–230 million years to complete one revolution.

The Solar System or solar system[1] is the stellar system comprising the Sun and the retinue of celestial objects gravitationally bound to it: the eight planets, their 162 known moons[2], three currently identified dwarf planets and their four known moons, and thousands of small bodies. This last category includes asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and interplanetary dust.

The principal component of the Solar System is the Sun (astronomical symbol ); a main sequence G2 star that contains 99.86% of the system's known mass and dominates it gravitationally.[3] Because of its large mass, the Sun has an interior density high enough to sustain nuclear fusion, releasing enormous amounts of energy, most of which is radiated into space in the form of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light. The Sun's two largest orbiting bodies, Jupiter and Saturn, account for more than 90% of the system's remaining mass. (The currently hypothetical Oort cloud, should its existence be confirmed, would also hold a substantial percentage).[4]

In broad terms, the charted regions of the Solar System consist of the Sun, four rocky bodies close to it called the terrestrial planets, an inner belt of rocky asteroids, four gas giant planets, and an outer belt of small, icy bodies known as the Kuiper belt. In order of their distances from the Sun, the planets are Mercury ( ), Venus ( ), Earth ( ), Mars ( ), Jupiter ( ), Saturn ( ), Uranus ( ), and Neptune ( ). All planets but two are in turn orbited by natural satellites (usually termed "moons" after Earth's Moon), and every planet past the asteroid belt is encircled by planetary rings of dust and other particles. The planets, with the exception of Earth, are named after gods and goddesses from Greco-Roman mythology.

2006-11-16 04:28:28 · answer #3 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 0 0

Milky way is the galaxy in which our solar system is present...that is...we belong to the milky way galaxy.

2006-11-16 03:59:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

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