Austria 20 Euro 2021 The Milky Way

Austria 20 Euro 2021 The Milky Way. This is the 2021 Austrian 20 Euro coin with 'The Milky Way' as its theme. Our solar system is located within the Milky Way. There are no less than 400 billion stars in the Milky Way! How big is the solar system? The solar system is estimated to be approximately 100,000 light years across, a light year is approximately 9,460,730,472,580,800 metres! In addition, the experts suggest that there are as many as 100 to 200 billion galaxies in the universe, immense and almost impossible to comprehend. Only 3,000 of these are visible with the current space telescopes! In fact, the latest studies show that the solar system has billions of habitable planets. Does life exist on other planets? Only time will tell! The face of the coin shows our solar system, 'The Milky Way' (MILCHSTRASSE). The reverse of the coin shows the galactic coordinates of our solar system, plus the sun (SONNE) and the location of the spacecraft 'CYGNUS'. The country name, REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH (Austria), is also shown along with the year of issue, 2021, and the value indication of 20 Euro. This beautiful coin, with a unique shape, was completely sold out within an hour. For this coin only one item per person applies.