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how fast is the sun orbiting the center of the milky way? the revolution period is 230 million years. assume that the sun is 2/3 of the distance towards the edge of the milky way and the milky way is a galaxy of a typical size of a 100000 light years across. answer in Km/. speed of light is 300000 km/s
Given
Revolution period of the Sun
The diameter of the milky way
Therefore radius of the milky way is
In kilometers
Now, the radius of the orbit of the sun is
The circumference of the orbit of the sun is
So, the speed of the sun around the center of the milky way is therefore
The speed of the sun is approximately 273.48 km/s.