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11 April, 13:22

Approximately how far is the sun from the center of the galaxy?

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  1. 11 April, 13:35
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    About 8 kpc

    Explanation:

    The milky way galaxy is the galaxy we live in. Its composed of the solar system, billion stars, gas, dust and dark matter.

    At its center it contains a super massive black hole called Sagittarius. This object is millions of times as massive as the sun.

    The sun is about 8 kpc to the center of the milky way galaxy, this is about 26,000 light years away.

    1000 parsecs distance is approximately 3262 light years.

    A light year is the distance light can travel in a period of 1 year.
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