GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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If the Milky Way galaxy is a school bus, our solar system is a sports car.
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If the Milky Way galaxy is a classroom our solar system is a school building.
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If the Milky Way galaxy is a tennis ball, our solar system is a tennis court.
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If the Milky Way galaxy is a beach, our solar system is a grain of sand.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which analogy most accurately represents the relationship of size of the Milky Way galaxy and our solar system? The Milky Way galaxy is a beach and our solar system is a grain of sand. Describe what a galaxy is. A massive system of stars, gas, and dust and matter bound together by gravity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Imagine that our entire Solar System were the size of a quarter. The Sun is now a microscopic speck of dust, as are its planets, whose orbits are represented by the flat disc of the coin. On this scale, the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy will be about the size of the United States!
Detailed explanation-3: -Our solar system is in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way and is approximately 26 light years from its centre. The entire Milky Way is approximately 000 light years across.