2006-11-21 08:05:35 · 10 answers · asked by wasim b 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
No. Rather, it's the opposite. The Milky Way is the name of our galaxy, and our Solar System is a part of it. On clear nights, the white trails you see in the sky is our view of the Milky Way all around us.
2006-11-21 08:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by 真理沙 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it is actually the other way around, the solar system is in the Milky Way, our galaxy.
"The Sun (and therefore the Earth and Solar System) may be found close to the inner rim of the Orion Arm, in the Local Fluff, at a distance of 7.94±0.42 kpc from the Galactic Center. The distance between the local arm and the next arm out, the Perseus Arm, is about 6,500 light-years. Our Sun, and thus the solar system, is found in what scientists call the galactic habitable zone."
This quote and more info on the Milky Way is on Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_way
Hope this helps.
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"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant plant of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of the universe in which there are far more galaxies than people." -- Carl Sagan
2006-11-21 08:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by cfpops 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the Milky Way is the name we give to the galaxy in which our Solar System resides. The Milky Way galaxy, as all galaxies are, is made up of billions of star systems. Out Solar System is just one of those many systems.
2006-11-21 08:10:12 · answer #3 · answered by AresIV 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Milky Way is the galaxy which is the home of our Solar System together with at least 200 billion other stars (more recent estimates have given numbers around 400 billion) and their planets, and thousands of clusters and nebulae, including at least almost all objects of Messier's catalog which are not galaxies on their own (one might consider two globular clusters as possible exceptions, as probably they are just being, or have recently been, incorporated or imported into our Galaxy from dwarf galaxies which are currently in close encounters with the Milky Way: M54 from SagDEG, and possibly M79 from the Canis Major Dwarf). See our Messier Objects in the Milky Way page, where details are given for each object to which part of our Galaxy it is related. All the objects in the Milky Way Galaxy orbit their common center of mass, called the Galactic Center."
2006-11-21 08:09:25 · answer #4 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The solar system is a tiny component of the milky way galaxy.
2006-11-21 08:08:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, our solar system (the planets that surround our sun) is a tiny tiny component of our galaxy the milky way, which is made of millions of stars, each potentially having their own solar system.
2006-11-21 11:18:06 · answer #6 · answered by Jason 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are located in milky way
2006-11-21 08:12:01 · answer #7 · answered by Dupinder jeet kaur k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's in the candy section at the seven-eleven
2006-11-21 08:13:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
other way around.
2006-11-21 08:12:17 · answer #9 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, among other galxies.
2006-11-21 08:08:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋