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The Milky Way [c] is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
The Milky Way bar is made of nougat, topped with caramel and covered with milk chocolate. It was created in 1923 by Frank C. Mars and originally manufactured in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The name and taste derived from a then-popular malted milk drink ( milkshake) of the day, not after the astronomical galaxy.
Milky Way (6 C, 47 P) S. Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (5 P) Pages in category "Milky Way Subgroup" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 ...
Erewhon smoothies, thrifted Coach bags and platinum American Express cards are Gen Z's status symbols—and they signify a lot more than bank balance.
Galactic Center. 17 45 40.04, −29° 00′ 28.1″. The Galactic Center, as seen by one of the 2MASS infrared telescopes, is located in the bright upper left portion of the image. Marked location of the Galactic Center. The Galactic Center is the barycenter of the Milky Way and a corresponding point on the rotational axis of the galaxy.
Milky Way Farm Manor House, May 2014. / 35.31028°N 87.03750°W / 35.31028; -87.03750. Milky Way Farm in Giles County, Tennessee, is the former estate of Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candies. The property is named for the company's Milky Way candy bar. [2] During the Great Depression, the estate was the largest employer in Giles ...
Category:Milky Way. The main article for this category is Milky Way. This category is for categorizing under the galaxy, not under the band of light in the night sky. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Milky Way Galaxy.
The Milky Way has several smaller galaxies gravitationally bound to it, as part of the Milky Way subgroup, which is part of the local galaxy cluster, the Local Group.. There are 61 small galaxies confirmed to be within 420 kiloparsecs (1.4 million light-years) of the Milky Way, but not all of them are necessarily in orbit, and some may themselves be in orbit of other satellite galaxies.