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the sun is a star in the milky way galaxy. when viewed from the side, the galaxy looks like a disk that is approximately 100,000 light- years in diameter (a light-year is the distance light travels in
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the sun is a star in the milky way galaxy. when viewed from the side, the galaxy looks like a disk that is approximately 100,000 light- years in diameter (a light-year is the distance light travels in one year) and about 1000 light-years thick (figure p25.8). what is the diameter and thickness of the milky way in meters? in kilometers? in miles?

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1,000,000,000,000,000,000 km (about 100,000 light years or about 30 kpc)

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