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|align="right"|About 61.32 galactic years ago||[[Big Bang]] |
|align="right"|About 61.32 galactic years ago |
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|align="right"|About 54 galactic years ago||Birth of the [[Milky Way]] |
|align="right"|About 54 galactic years ago |
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|align="right"|20.44 galactic years ago||Birth of the [[Sun]] |
|align="right"|20.44 galactic years ago |
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|align="right"|17–18 galactic years ago||Oceans appear on Earth |
|align="right"|17–18 galactic years ago |
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|align="right"|16.889 galactic years ago||[[Timeline of the evolutionary history of life|Life begins on Earth]] |
|align="right"|16.889 galactic years ago |
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|align="right"|15.555 galactic years ago||[[Prokaryotes]] appear |
|align="right"|15.555 galactic years ago |
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|align="right"|12 galactic years ago||[[Bacteria]] appear |
|align="right"|12 galactic years ago |
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|align="right"|10 galactic years ago||Stable continents appear |
|align="right"|10 galactic years ago |
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|10 galactic years ago |
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|2250 Ma |
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|[[Eukaryian]] period<ref name="El_Albani_2014">{{cite journal |last1=El Albani |first1=Abderrazak |last2=Bengtson |first2=Stefan |last3=Canfield |first3=Donald E. |last4=Riboulleau |first4=Armelle |last5=Rollion Bard |first5=Claire |last6=Macchiarelli |first6=Roberto |display-authors=etal |year=2014 |title=The 2.1 Ga Old Francevillian Biota: Biogenicity, Taphonomy and Biodiversity |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=6 |pages=e99438 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...999438E |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0099438 |pmc=4070892 |pmid=24963687 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="El_Albani_2010">{{cite journal |last1=El Albani |first1=Abderrazak |last2=Bengtson |first2=Stefan |last3=Canfield |first3=Donald E. |last4=Bekker |first4=Andrey |last5=Macchiarelli |first5=Roberto |last6=Mazurier |first6=Arnaud |last7=Hammarlund |first7=Emma U. |display-authors=etal |year=2010 |title=Large colonial organisms with coordinated growth in oxygenated environments 2.1 Gyr ago |url=http://www.afrikibouge.com/publications/Article%20Albani.pdf |journal=Nature |volume=466 |issue=7302 |pages=100–104 |bibcode=2010Natur.466..100A |doi=10.1038/nature09166 |pmid=20596019 |s2cid=4331375}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> first appearance of eukaryotes<ref name="GTS2012">{{Cite book |author=F. M. Gradstein |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/808340848 |title=The geologic time scale 2012. Volume 2 |date=2012 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-444-59448-8 |edition=1st |location=Amsterdam |oclc=808340848}}</ref> |
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| align="right" |6.8 galactic years ago |
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| ||[[Multicellular]] organisms appear |
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| align="right" |6.666 galactic years ago |
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| ||[[Eukaryotes]] appear |
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|align="right"|2 galactic years ago |
| align="right" |2.4 galactic years ago |
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| ||[[Cambrian explosion]] occurs |
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| align="right" |2 galactic years ago |
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| ||The first brain structure appears in worms |
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| align="right" |1.11 galactic year ago |
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| ||[[Permian–Triassic extinction event]] |
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| align="right" |0.2933 galactic years ago |
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| ||[[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event]] |
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| align="right" |0.15 galactic year from now |
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|Mean time between impacts of asteroidal bodies in the order of magnitude of the [[K/Pg impactor]] has elapsed.<ref>Lunar and Planetary Institute (2010), https://www.lpi.usra.edu/features/chicxulub/</ref> |
|Mean time between impacts of asteroidal bodies in the order of magnitude of the [[K/Pg impactor]] has elapsed.<ref>Lunar and Planetary Institute (2010), https://www.lpi.usra.edu/features/chicxulub/</ref> |
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|align="right"|1 galactic year from now |
| align="right" |1 galactic year from now |
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|All the continents on Earth may fuse into a [[supercontinent]]. Three potential arrangements of this configuration have been dubbed [[Amasia (continent)|Amasia]], [[Novopangaea]], and [[Pangaea Ultima]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Caroline |last2=Nield |first2=Ted |date=2007-10-17 |title=Pangaea, the comeback |work=New Scientist |accessdate=2014-01-02 |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19626261-500-pangaea-the-comeback/ }}</ref> |
|All the continents on Earth may fuse into a [[supercontinent]]. Three potential arrangements of this configuration have been dubbed [[Amasia (continent)|Amasia]], [[Novopangaea]], and [[Pangaea Ultima]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Caroline |last2=Nield |first2=Ted |date=2007-10-17 |title=Pangaea, the comeback |work=New Scientist |accessdate=2014-01-02 |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19626261-500-pangaea-the-comeback/ }}</ref> |
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|align="right"|2–3 galactic years from now |
| align="right" |2–3 galactic years from now |
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|[[Tidal acceleration]] moves the Moon far enough from Earth that [[total solar eclipse]]s are no longer possible |
|[[Tidal acceleration]] moves the Moon far enough from Earth that [[total solar eclipse]]s are no longer possible |
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|align="right"|4 galactic years from now |
| align="right" |4 galactic years from now |
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|Carbon dioxide levels fall to the point at which [[C4 photosynthesis]] is no longer possible. Multicellular life dies out<ref>{{cite journal| last1=Franck | first1=S. | last2=Bounama | first2=C. | last3=von Bloh | first3=W. | title=Causes and timing of future biosphere extinction |journal=Biogeosciences Discussions| publisher=Copernicus GmbH |volume=2|issue=6| date=2005-11-07 | doi=10.5194/bgd-2-1665-2005 | page=1665-1679|bibcode=2006BGeo....3...85F| s2cid=3619702 | doi-access=free }}</ref> |
|Carbon dioxide levels fall to the point at which [[C4 photosynthesis]] is no longer possible. Multicellular life dies out<ref>{{cite journal| last1=Franck | first1=S. | last2=Bounama | first2=C. | last3=von Bloh | first3=W. | title=Causes and timing of future biosphere extinction |journal=Biogeosciences Discussions| publisher=Copernicus GmbH |volume=2|issue=6| date=2005-11-07 | doi=10.5194/bgd-2-1665-2005 | page=1665-1679|bibcode=2006BGeo....3...85F| s2cid=3619702 | doi-access=free }}</ref> |
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|align="right"|15 galactic years from now |
| align="right" |15 galactic years from now |
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|Surface conditions on [[Earth]] are comparable to those on [[Venus]] today |
|Surface conditions on [[Earth]] are comparable to those on [[Venus]] today |
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|align="right"|22 galactic years from now||The Milky Way and [[Andromeda Galaxy]] [[Andromeda–Milky Way collision|begin to collide]] |
| align="right" |22 galactic years from now |
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| ||The Milky Way and [[Andromeda Galaxy]] [[Andromeda–Milky Way collision|begin to collide]] |
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|align="right"|25 galactic years from now||Sun ejects a [[planetary nebula]], leaving behind a [[white dwarf]] |
| align="right" |25 galactic years from now |
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| align="right" |30 galactic years from now |
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| ||The Milky Way and Andromeda complete their merger into a giant [[elliptical galaxy]] called [[Milkomeda]] or [[Milkdromeda]]<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Cox | first1=T. J. | last2=Loeb | first2=Abraham | title=The collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP) | volume=386 | issue=1 | date=2008-05-01 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13048.x | pages=461–474|bibcode=2008MNRAS.386..461C|arxiv=0705.1170| s2cid=14964036 }}</ref> |
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| align="right" |500 galactic years from now |
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| ||The Universe's expansion causes all galaxies beyond the Milky Way's [[Local Group]] to disappear beyond the [[cosmic light horizon]], removing them from the observable universe<ref>{{cite journal | last=Loeb | first=Abraham | title=Cosmology with hypervelocity stars | journal=Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics | publisher=IOP Publishing | volume=2011 | issue=4 | date=2011-04-18 | issn=1475-7516 | doi=10.1088/1475-7516/2011/04/023 | pages=023|arxiv=1102.0007| bibcode=2011JCAP...04..023L | s2cid=118750775 }}</ref> |
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| align="right" |2000 galactic years from now |
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| ||Local Group of 47 galaxies<ref>{{cite web |title=The Local Group of Galaxies |work=University of Arizona |first1=Hartmut |last1=Frommert |first2=Christine |last2=Kronberg |publisher=Students for the Exploration and Development of Space |date=2007-06-05 |accessdate=2009-10-02 |url=http://www.seds.org/messier/more/local.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907170724/http://www.seds.org/messier/more/local.html |archivedate=2009-09-07 }}</ref> coalesces into a single large galaxy<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Adams | first1=Fred C. | last2=Laughlin | first2=Gregory | title=A dying universe: the long-term fate and evolutionof astrophysical objects | journal=Reviews of Modern Physics | volume=69 | issue=2 | date=1997-04-01 | issn=0034-6861 | doi=10.1103/revmodphys.69.337 | pages=337–372|bibcode=1997RvMP...69..337A|arxiv=astro-ph/9701131| s2cid=12173790 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:29, 9 May 2023
The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.[1] One galactic year is 230 million Earth years.[2] The Solar System is traveling at an average speed of 230 km/s (828,000 km/h) or 143 mi/s (514,000 mph) within its trajectory around the galactic center,[3] a speed at which an object could circumnavigate the Earth's equator in 2 minutes and 54 seconds; that speed corresponds to approximately 1/1300 of the speed of light.
The galactic year provides a conveniently usable unit for depicting cosmic and geological time periods together. By contrast, a "billion-year" scale does not allow for useful discrimination between geologic events, and a "million-year" scale requires some rather large numbers.[4]
Timeline of the universe and Earth's history in galactic years
The following list assumes that 1 galactic year is 225 million years.
Time | Event | |
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Past | ||
About 61.32 galactic years ago | Big Bang | |
About 54 galactic years ago | Birth of the Milky Way | |
20.44 galactic years ago | Birth of the Sun | |
17–18 galactic years ago | Oceans appear on Earth | |
16.889 galactic years ago | Life begins on Earth | |
15.555 galactic years ago | Prokaryotes appear | |
12 galactic years ago | Bacteria appear | |
10 galactic years ago | Stable continents appear | |
10 galactic years ago | 2250 Ma | Eukaryian period[5][6] first appearance of eukaryotes[7] |
6.8 galactic years ago | Multicellular organisms appear | |
6.666 galactic years ago | Eukaryotes appear | |
2.4 galactic years ago | Cambrian explosion occurs | |
2 galactic years ago | The first brain structure appears in worms | |
1.11 galactic year ago | Permian–Triassic extinction event | |
0.2933 galactic years ago | Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event | |
0.0013 galactic years ago | Emergence of anatomically modern humans | |
Future | ||
0.15 galactic year from now | Mean time between impacts of asteroidal bodies in the order of magnitude of the K/Pg impactor has elapsed.[8] | |
1 galactic year from now | All the continents on Earth may fuse into a supercontinent. Three potential arrangements of this configuration have been dubbed Amasia, Novopangaea, and Pangaea Ultima.[9] | |
2–3 galactic years from now | Tidal acceleration moves the Moon far enough from Earth that total solar eclipses are no longer possible | |
4 galactic years from now | Carbon dioxide levels fall to the point at which C4 photosynthesis is no longer possible. Multicellular life dies out[10] | |
15 galactic years from now | Surface conditions on Earth are comparable to those on Venus today | |
22 galactic years from now | The Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy begin to collide | |
25 galactic years from now | Sun ejects a planetary nebula, leaving behind a white dwarf | |
30 galactic years from now | The Milky Way and Andromeda complete their merger into a giant elliptical galaxy called Milkomeda or Milkdromeda[11] | |
500 galactic years from now | The Universe's expansion causes all galaxies beyond the Milky Way's Local Group to disappear beyond the cosmic light horizon, removing them from the observable universe[12] | |
2000 galactic years from now | Local Group of 47 galaxies[13] coalesces into a single large galaxy[14] |
See also
References
- ^ Cosmic Year Archived 2014-04-12 at the Wayback Machine, Fact Guru, University of Ottawa
- ^ Leong, Stacy (2002). "Period of the Sun's Orbit around the Galaxy (Cosmic Year)". The Physics Factbook.
- ^ http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question18.html NASA – StarChild Question of the Month for February 2000
- ^ Geologic Time Scale – as 18 galactic rotations
- ^ El Albani, Abderrazak; Bengtson, Stefan; Canfield, Donald E.; Riboulleau, Armelle; Rollion Bard, Claire; Macchiarelli, Roberto; et al. (2014). "The 2.1 Ga Old Francevillian Biota: Biogenicity, Taphonomy and Biodiversity". PLOS ONE. 9 (6): e99438. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...999438E. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099438. PMC 4070892. PMID 24963687.
- ^ El Albani, Abderrazak; Bengtson, Stefan; Canfield, Donald E.; Bekker, Andrey; Macchiarelli, Roberto; Mazurier, Arnaud; Hammarlund, Emma U.; et al. (2010). "Large colonial organisms with coordinated growth in oxygenated environments 2.1 Gyr ago" (PDF). Nature. 466 (7302): 100–104. Bibcode:2010Natur.466..100A. doi:10.1038/nature09166. PMID 20596019. S2CID 4331375.[permanent dead link]
- ^ F. M. Gradstein (2012). The geologic time scale 2012. Volume 2 (1st ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-444-59448-8. OCLC 808340848.
- ^ Lunar and Planetary Institute (2010), https://www.lpi.usra.edu/features/chicxulub/
- ^ Williams, Caroline; Nield, Ted (2007-10-17). "Pangaea, the comeback". New Scientist. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
- ^ Franck, S.; Bounama, C.; von Bloh, W. (2005-11-07). "Causes and timing of future biosphere extinction". Biogeosciences Discussions. 2 (6). Copernicus GmbH: 1665-1679. Bibcode:2006BGeo....3...85F. doi:10.5194/bgd-2-1665-2005. S2CID 3619702.
- ^ Cox, T. J.; Loeb, Abraham (2008-05-01). "The collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 386 (1). Oxford University Press (OUP): 461–474. arXiv:0705.1170. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.386..461C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13048.x. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 14964036.
- ^ Loeb, Abraham (2011-04-18). "Cosmology with hypervelocity stars". Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2011 (4). IOP Publishing: 023. arXiv:1102.0007. Bibcode:2011JCAP...04..023L. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2011/04/023. ISSN 1475-7516. S2CID 118750775.
- ^ Frommert, Hartmut; Kronberg, Christine (2007-06-05). "The Local Group of Galaxies". University of Arizona. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ Adams, Fred C.; Laughlin, Gregory (1997-04-01). "A dying universe: the long-term fate and evolutionof astrophysical objects". Reviews of Modern Physics. 69 (2): 337–372. arXiv:astro-ph/9701131. Bibcode:1997RvMP...69..337A. doi:10.1103/revmodphys.69.337. ISSN 0034-6861. S2CID 12173790.
- ^ "Milky Way Past Was More Turbulent Than Previously Known". ESO News. European Southern Observatory. 2004-04-06.
After more than 1,000 nights of observations spread over 15 years, they have determined the spatial motions of more than 14,000 solar-like stars residing in the neighbourhood of the Sun.