Year - "Great Years" - Galactic Year

The Galactic year is the time it takes Earth's solar system to revolve once around the galactic center. It comprises roughly 230 million Earth years.

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Famous quotes containing the words galactic and/or year:

    “When the galactic sea was sucked
    And all the dry seabed unlocked,
    I sent my creature scouting on the globe,
    That globe itself of hair and bone....”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “We are often made to feel that there is another youth and age than that which is measured from the year of our natural birth. Some thoughts always find us young, and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)