How many lightyears would it take to travel from earth to the other side of the milkyway?
2007-03-19 06:02:34 · 4 answers · asked by MandyBaby 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
#1 - A light year is a measure of distance, so one can't say 'How many lightyears would it take...' but rather 'How many light years would somebody cover etc.'
#2 - about the 'other side of the Milky Way'... We are not in the edge of the Milky Way.
#3 - The answer- The galactic center is just too far away, how much farther would it be to travel to the other side of it!?
2007-03-19 06:36:50 · answer #1 · answered by Chie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light years are a distance, not a time. And what do you mean by other side? the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. I can tell you that the Milky Way is "...80,000 to 100,000 light-years in diameter..."
2007-03-19 06:07:27 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It takes approx. 100,000 light years to cross the Milky Way Galaxy, i think it would take about 400,000 to reach Andromeda ( our nearest neighboring galaxy).
2007-03-19 06:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Around 70,000 light years. The Milky way is about 100,000 l.y. across and we're 26,000 l.y. from the center
2007-03-19 06:10:58 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋