Milky Way Galaxy

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Apr 2002

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4700. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Galaxies, Milky Way Galaxy

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The galaxy (i.e. assemblage of stars, gas and dust) of which the Sun is a member. Also known as the Galaxy, it is a disk-shaped system, with a diameter of between 80 000 and 100 000 light-years and a thickness of about 2000 light-years, that contains more than a hundred billion (1011) stars. The core, or nucleus, of the Galaxy is surrounded by an ellipsoidal central bulge, containing relatively cl...

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