Distance from Sun and the Milky Way's Center Name: dutch minott
Date: 1993 - 1999 What is the distance between the center of the
milky way and our sun? The Milky Way has a radius of about 15
kpc, and the Sun is about 10 kpc from the center. A "kpc" is a
kilo-parsec. One parsec is 3.26 light years or 3.086 x 10^18 cm.
I leave the awesome mathematical challenge of converting to
miles (or kilometers) as an exercise for the reader. Click here
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