What is the sun's major influence on all of the objects within the milky way?

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Answer 1

Objects in our solar system feel a gravitational pull from the sun, but that gravitational pull is very small on nearby stars and insignificant outside our region of the Milky Way. It would take an astrophysicist to give you exact details and numbers.

Answer 2

It has a gravity field that might extend to infinity. Its light is blocked by dust, so it does not reach to all areas of the Milky Way. The Sun's gravity is so small, that even if it reaches to the nearest star - let alone the whole Milky Way Galaxy, it is not strong enough to have a measurable effect. The Sun's gravity is strong enough to affect particles out to a distance of the Oort cloud. Beyond that, it is too weak to have any real effect.

From Solarviews:
The Oort cloud is an immense spherical cloud surrounding the planetary system and extending approximately 3 light years, about 30 trillion kilometers from the Sun. This vast distance is considered the edge of the Sun's orb of physical, gravitational, or dynamical influence.

;-D So, the Oort cloud could be considered the 'event horizon' of the Sun's gravitational field.

Answer 3

Because of the enormous distances involved, the Sun has negligible influence on all of the objects within the milky way, except for its own planets of course which are comparatively nearer to the Sun..

Answer 4

The sun only affects the planets in our solar system, and to a smaller degree the comets in the Oort Cloud. It can have a very small effect on the nearer stars if they come within a couple of lights years, but other than that our sun is very ordinary and average. It doesn't make much impact to anyone but us.

Answer 5

Uhhh...
It doesn't have much effect since it takes light 200 million years to get from stars we see to Earth.