It is the name given to our Galaxy, which is shaped like a disc with a central bump. It is also the name for the dense band of stars that spans the sky. As a galaxy, the Milky Way is actually a giant, as its mass is probably between 750 billion and one trillion solar masses, and its diameter is about 100,000 light years.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the solar system. It is two and a half times as massive as all of the other planets in our solar system combined.It is about ten times the diameter of the earth, and rotates on its axis in about ten hours, which is faster than Earth.
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