| Does our sun orbit? What does it orbit? At what speed does the sun orbit? |
| Question Date: 2021-03-26 |
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Answer 1:
Yes, the Sun does orbit around the center of the Milky way galaxy. The mass of the galaxy is concentrated at its center and so the Sun orbits. The Sun revolves once per 250 million years. this means that the last time the Sun was where it is today in its trip around the Milky Way center, the very first small dinosaurs were just barely present….
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Answer 2:
Yes, the sun (actually the entire solar system) orbits around the center of the milky way galaxy, just like the earth orbits around the sun. Relative to the center of the milky way galaxy, the sun is orbiting at a speed of 220 km per second, which is much faster than the speed of earth orbiting the sun.
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Answer 3:
Similar to how our earth orbits our sun, our sun itself moves on an orbit. In fact, our entire sun system orbits the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Our sun and therefore our entire sun system orbits at a speed of 450,000 miles per hour around the center of the Milky Way. However, even at this speed, it takes our sun 230 million years to make one complete orbit around the Milky Way. Additionally, our sun also rotates around itself. One rotation at the equator of the sun takes about 25 earth days. Our sun is special to us, however, there are billions of other stars similar to our sun in the Milky Way and all of them move on an orbit.
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Answer 4:
The sun does orbit around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, at an average speed of 828,000 kilometers per hour (source: nasa.gov), or about 514,400 miles per hour. For comparison, we drive on large roads in town at about 40 miles per hour, and on highways between 60 and 80 miles an hour. Even at that speed, the sun still takes more than 200 million years to complete a single orbit around the Milky Way!
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Answer 5:
The sun (and the rest of the solar system in fact) orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy! Scientists estimate that the sun orbits the Milky Way at about 448,000 mph (720,000 km/h).
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Answer 6:
The sun orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The velocity with which it orbits is approximately 220 kilometers per second, and it takes the sun between 225 and 250 million years to complete one orbit of the galactic center.
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Answer 7:
Great question! As you know as part of the solar system the planets all orbit the sun. Zoom out with me and look at the massive Milky Way galaxy! Yes the sun orbits around the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Our solar system sits on an outer edge of the Milky Way. Our solar system's average speed is 450,000 miles per hour! Even at this incredible speed it takes 230 million years to complete one orbit. You can compare to Earth's 1 year orbit around the sun.
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Answer 8:
Wow - yes! It turns out that the sun orbits around the center of our Milky Way galaxy - once every 320 million years, at a speed of over 500,000 miles per hour!
Our whole solar system along with the sun
orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
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