TRIBUNLAMPUNG.CO.ID – Term Bima Sakti quite often heard, especially in the world of astronomy. However what is the Milky Way?
According to the Big Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI), Milky Way or The Milky Way is the galaxy where the earth is located that looks like a column of light in the sky.
This galaxy looks like an irregular glowing band of stars and gas clouds stretching across the sky as seen from Earth.
Head of the National Aeronautics and Space Institute (LAPAN) Thomas Djamaluddin admitted that he did not know for sure about the origin of the name. Bima Sakti.
However, some sources say that the name of this galaxy is taken from a puppet character named Bima.
“I don’t know for sure its origin, but reportedly the sprinkling of hundreds of billions of stars that stretches is associated with the shawl of the Milky Way,” said Thomas, quoted from Kompas.com.
The Milky Way contains more than 200 billion stars, dust and gas to produce billions of other stars.
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The solar system is located about 30,000 light years from the galactic center, and about 20 light years above the galactic plane.
Earth and its neighbors do not orbit within the galactic plane Bima Sakti, but only at an incline of about 63 degrees.
Hundreds of stars found in Bima Sakti It is known that it is 4.5 billion years older than the sun.
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