Our Sun is located in the Orion Arm, also known as the Orion Spur, which is a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. It is situated about 26,000 light-years from the galactic center and roughly 80,000 light-years from the outer edge of the galaxy. The Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way at an average speed of about 230 kilometers per second, completing one orbit approximately every 225-250 million years.
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