What is the diameter of the Milky Way?

100 000 thousand light years

200 000 thousand light years

500 000 thousand light years

1 000 000 thousand light years

The diameter of our galaxy - the Milky Way is 100,000 light years. The Sun is located about 26,000 light years from its center.

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Answers by country

Greece

53%

15%

30%

Germany

45%

26%

15%

13%

the United Kingdom

43%

17%

26%

13%

the United States

42%

10%

26%

21%

India

38%

23%

30%

Poland

28%

25%

26%

20%

1540

Australia

28%

21%

28%

21%

Austria

40%

33%

20%

This is the aurora of Jupiter. What are the visible bright spots caused by?

volcanic peaks

atmospheric storms

Jupiter moons

multiple magnetic poles of Jupiter

Who first described the heliocentric model of the Sun and planets? ( with the Sun in the center)

Which of Saturn's moons has such distinctive equatorial ridge?

What is the temperature of the center of the Sun?

16 thousand degrees Celsius

16 million degrees Celsius

16 billion degrees Celsius

16 trillion degrees Celsius