2007-09-18 20:40:39 · 10 answers · asked by peter h 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, it has its own orbit around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, just like every other star in this Galaxy.
And, before you ask, the Milky Way is also moving through space. In fact, in another few billion years, it is going to run into the Andromeda Galaxy.
Doug
2007-09-18 20:45:58 · answer #1 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars move orbits around the center of the galaxy. A full orbit of the sun takes around 250 million years?
2007-09-19 04:28:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun orbits with the Milky Way Galaxy around the galaxy's center.
2007-09-19 03:45:22 · answer #3 · answered by Keith 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sun moves around the center of gravity of the solar system. This is called the "barycenter". Not only the sun, but all the planets in the solar system orbit around this point. The center of the sun is about 734,500 km from the barycenter, so the barycenter is only 38,500 km from the surface of the sun.
This changes from time to time, depending on how Jupiter and Saturn and the other planets line up.
2007-09-19 09:56:42 · answer #4 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sun orbits around the center of the milky way galaxy. it takes hundreds of thousands of years, if not millions of years to make a complete revolution.
And, the milky way galaxy itself has an orbit. not around a particular object, but it and nearby galaxies revolve around each other.
The sun also rotates as well. Every 10 days or so, it makes a full rotation. but it's weird, the center of it rotates faster than the poles. the poles take about 15 days to make a full rotation. it can do that because it's not solid, and it does that because of the hectic magnetic fields it has.
2007-09-19 03:55:33 · answer #5 · answered by brandon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun and our whole solar system is part of a galaxy that is spiraling in a circle. I expect this could be considered the Sun's orbital path.
2007-09-22 02:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by WARREN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the sun orbits the centre of the Milky Way galaxy, and it always has it's own orbit, cause by the gravitiational pull of the planets revolving around it.
2007-09-19 03:47:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It orbits around the galactic center, about 28,000 LY away. It takes 225–250 million years for our sun to orbit the galactic center one time.
2007-09-19 03:45:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is my understanding that the stars including the sun in our galaxy orbit the center and that the galaxy are also in motion.
2007-09-19 03:44:16 · answer #9 · answered by Rational Humanist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it has it own orbit and rotating around centre of galaxy (astronomer believe it is large blackhole)
2007-09-19 03:45:23 · answer #10 · answered by s_fadlie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋