How long does it take for our solar system to make one orbit around the milky way galaxy?


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The Sun (and the solar system in tow) takes 2.26×10^8 years to circle the galactic centre. (226,000,000 years, aka two-hundred, twenty-six million years)
Our solar system travels its orbit around the Milky Way at about 30 km/sec (559,234 mph) and takes 226-million years to complete one revolution.
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