how is the whirlpool galaxy similar to our solar system? How is it different?

Answer 1

Difficult to answer. I think you mean how is the Whirlpool similar to our GALAXY, the Milky Way.

Sorry, don't have time to answer, but clarifying your question will help other answerers.

Answer 2

Firstly I think you may be confused about a galaxy and a solar system. Try finding the defintion of both of these before you look for the answer. The difference is astounding.

Essentially the Whirlpool galaxy is a galaxy that is very similar in size and construction to the Milky Way galaxy in which we reside. The similarity is that like the Milky way, there is a companion galaxy within orbit of it and that it is a spiral galaxy.

Answer 3

No similarity whatsoever, our solar system is the sun and its planets. Galaxy is where the sun and the solar system may reside.

Answer 4

we share the same gravitational pattern originating in the center, caller the parker spiral, and both are Esoteric, and both float in space

parker spiral
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Parker_spiral.gif/300px-Parker_spiral.gif
http://web.njit.edu/~dgary/728/mfield.jpg


but they are also different in many aspects,

size
star (sun) -- supermassive blackhole
planets --- stars
moons -- planets


if you ment the whirlpool galaxy and the milky way galaxy, then they are different because the W is a spiral galaxy and the MW is a BARRED spiral.
they seem to be they same because of their contents, like black holes, stars, nebula planets, moons and such what nots

Answer 5

im not smart,but i think the whirl pool galaxy holds other solarsytems.and we hold planets and so do other solar systems.
dont have to believe a young guy.

Answer 6

well its spiral in shape ( as is the MW we think )
however
our view of the milky way is only " theoretical "
as we have never been able to see it,
from outside of it ? ( the milky way )

I was assuming you meant Galaxy rather than solar system