Astronomy
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Author: Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff
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Chapter 25, Problem 19E
The Sun orbits the center of the Galaxy in 225 million years at a distance of 26,000 light-years. Given that
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Astronomy
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