GK
THE UNIVERSE
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Question
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The Milky Way Galaxy contains
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billions of stars and the objects in orbit around them.
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billions of stars but not the objects in orbit around them.
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all of the stars throughout the Universe.
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only the objects found in the Solar System.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Milky Way contains between 100 and 400 billion stars and at least that many planets. An exact figure would depend on counting the number of very-low-mass stars, which are difficult to detect, especially at distances of more than 300 ly (90 pc) from the Sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -Astronomers estimate there are about 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way alone.
Detailed explanation-3: -Astronomy > The Milky Way Galaxy. Did you know that our star, the Sun, is just one of hundreds of billions of stars swirling within an enormous cosmic place called the Milky Way Galaxy?
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