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It probably takes 50,000 years to get to another star. At a speed of ~80 km/s it would take millions of years to get to another galaxy, although I don't believe
by Santosh83 9y ago
It probably takes 50,000 years to get to another star. At a speed of ~80 km/s it would take millions of years to get to another galaxy, although I don't believe its current velocity is high enough to escape Milky Way.
- pdonis 9y agoThe escape velocity from the Milky Way at our position (about 30,000 light years from the center) is roughly 500 km/s, so yes, 80 km/s is well short of escape.