2007-02-04 23:03:56 · 18 answers · asked by alex g 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Oh yes! take a look at this video for a good explanation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ue9sN85nIo
2007-02-04 23:08:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our sun is a star in the galaxy (Milky Way). The sun orbits around the galaxy. One complete revolution of the sun around the entire center of the galaxy is called a cosmic year and takes about 225 to 240 million years.
2007-02-05 07:14:06 · answer #2 · answered by ambernpeach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Yes, the Sun - in fact, our whole solar system - orbits around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. We are moving at an average velocity of 828,000 km/hr. But even at that high rate, it still takes us about 230 million years to make one complete orbit around the Milky Way!
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. We believe that it consists of a central bulge, 4 major arms, and several shorter arm segments. The Sun (and, of course, the rest of our solar system) is located near the Orion arm, between two major arms (Perseus and Sagittarius). The diameter of the Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years and the Sun is located about 28,000 light-years from the Galactic Center.
It is interesting to note that recent observations by astronomers suggest that the Milky Way is in fact a "barred spiral galaxy", not just a "spiral galaxy". This means that rather than a simple spherical bulge of gas and stars at its center, it has instead a "bar of stars" crossing the central bulge.
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2007-02-05 07:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun orbits the center of the milky way galaxy, at a distance of 30,000 lightyears and an orbital period of 250 million years.
2007-02-05 07:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is moving at 12 miles per second in the direction of the star Vega
2007-02-05 09:05:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Velocity 217 km/s orbit around the center of the Galaxy, 20 km/s relative to average velocity of other stars in stellar neighborhood
The Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of approximately 25,000 to 28,000 light-years from the galactic center, completing one revolution in about 225–250 million years. The orbital speed is 217 km/s, equivalent to one light-year every 1,400 years, and one AU every 8 days
2007-02-05 07:08:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
hi i have a good answer for your question.the sun also move on its axis and it also revolve around the center of our milky way(the name of our galaxy) along with our solar system and it takes about 2 Million years to complete one revolution. and even the milky way also takes revolution around the center of this whole universe and Do you know why the speed of rotation and revolution is so slow this is bcz there is a big heavenly thing called dark matter in this universe which contains about 1/4 of the matter of the universe and it is having such a powerful gravity that we can't imagine. this is the correct reason
2007-02-05 08:32:09 · answer #7 · answered by anantthebiker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The galaxies are moving away from each other in a spatial expansoion the sun in the milky way galaxy moves along with tem
2007-02-05 07:18:54 · answer #8 · answered by Shahzadi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun orbits the centre of the milky way galaxy (30000-33000 light years away from the centre)
2007-02-05 09:25:46 · answer #9 · answered by Raider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The simple answer is Yes but where and how fast is a little more complex
A really good answer is to listen to the Monty Python song "The Universe song" as it includes all the movements including rotational speeds and direction.
2007-02-05 09:53:59 · answer #10 · answered by xpatgary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the sun is orbiting around our galaxy. which itself is moving away from its origin.
2007-02-05 07:08:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋