Disk diameter946 quintillion m
189 quintillionBeaver dam lengths
1 sextillionDoor widths
450 quintillionSurfboards
About 100,000 light-years
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Milky Way
Our home galaxy with hundreds of billions of stars/Deep Space
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy that contains our solar system. It spans roughly 100,000 light-years in diameter and harbours an estimated 100 to 400 billion stars. Our Sun is located about 26,000 light-years from the galactic centre, in one of the spiral arms.
Measurements
Total mass (including dark matter)2.9 trillion nonillion kg
518 octillionTeaspoons of neutron star
38.8 quintillionMoons
About 1.5 trillion solar masses
Disk thickness18.9 quintillion m
1.1 sextillionDime diameters
4.8 quadrillionAkashi Kaikyo spans
259 quintillionLipstick tubes
About 2,000 light-years
Sun's distance from centre247 quintillion m
4.1 quintillionHockey rink lengths
7.1 sextillionWalnut diameters
2.5 sextillionHarmonica lengths
About 26,000 light-years
Sun's orbital speed around centre230,000 m/s
256Rifle bullet speeds
76.7 millionHawaiian lava flows