GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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What is an accurate description of the shape of the Milky Way galaxy?
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It is shaped like a cloud of gas and dust.
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It has an irregular shape that cannot be defined.
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It is shaped like a pinwheel.
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It is shaped like Mr. Christman.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It’s called a spiral galaxy because if you could view it from the top or bottom, it would look like a spinning pinwheel. The Sun is located on one of the spiral arms, about 25, 000 light-years away from the center of the galaxy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The shape of the Milky-Way galaxy is spiral.
Detailed explanation-3: -3D map of bright, pulsing stars shows galactic disk is S-shaped, not flat. Our home galaxy is even more twisted than we thought. Astronomers have created a 3D map of the Milky Way’s disk revealing that it is warped, not flat. To make the map, astronomers looked to its bright, pulsing stars called cepheids.
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