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The distance from the Sun to the nearest star is about 4 × 1016 m. The Milky Way galaxy (Fig. P1.31) is roughly a disk of diameter 1021 in and thickness ~ 1019 m. Find the order of magnitude of the number of stars in the Milky Way. Assume the distance between the Sun and our nearest neighbor is typical.

Figure P1.31 The Milky Way galaxy.

Chapter 1, Problem 31AP, The distance from the Sun to the nearest star is about 4  1016 m. The Milky Way galaxy (Fig. P1.31)

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