GK
THE UNIVERSE
Question
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Earth is a very small part of a much larger system known as ____
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The Milky Way Galaxy
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Orion’s Belt, part of a constellation
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Jovian Planets
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Halley’s Comet
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Well, Earth is located in the universe in the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies. A supercluster is a group of galaxies held together by gravity. Within this supercluster we are in a smaller group of galaxies called the Local Group. Earth is in the second largest galaxy of the Local Group-a galaxy called the Milky Way.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Milky Way is a huge collection of stars, dust and gas. It’s called a spiral galaxy because if you could view it from the top or bottom, it would look like a spinning pinwheel.
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