How the solar system travels through the galaxy ?
So, tie your belt as I am going to take you on an extraordinary universe tour, and don't leave it in the middle, because you might be not able to reach back to the Earth on your own.
Our earth revolves at a speed of 30km/sec around the sun and our solar system moves at a speed of 200km/sec around the Milky Way and takes around 230 million years to complete one orbit, and our galaxy (Milky Way) moves at a speed of 600km/sec.
How does the solar system move in the galaxy?
Our Milky Way galaxy comprises stars, dust, planets, dark matter, black holes, etc. It has many spiral arms, of which two are the main ones, which wrap off the ends. Our solar system is situated 27,000 light years away from the galactic center and tilted at an angle of 60°. Our solar system is located on the Orion Arm.
In the mid-20th, it was confirmed that the sun is not stationary but it orbits around the center of the Milky Way galaxy, further support came through the development of radio astronomy.
The sun spins around its axis and also orbits the galactic center and our planets, also spin around their axis and orbit the sun, and yeah indirectly we can also say that our planets also orbit the galactic center too.
Why does the solar system move in the Milky Way galaxy?
As there is a lot of matter in our galaxy, in the form of stars, gas, dark matter, and the non-forgettable one i.e., Sagittarius A ( black hole), present at the center of our galaxy. As we know more the mass, the more the gravitational force, as there is so much mass (1.5 trillion solar masses) in our galaxy, it keeps the solar system moving around the galactic center. Do you know, that our solar system is also tilted? it is tilted at an angle of 60°.
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