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biggirl4568

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Why does the Milky Way appear as a band of light in the sky?
 
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A paperclip with the density of a neutron star would weigh (on the Earth)
 
  A) more than the Earth.
  B) more than Mt. Everest.
  C) a few tons.
  D) about the same as a regular paperclip.
  E) more than the Moon.


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swimkari

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The solar system lies in the outer parts of the thin disk of a spiral galaxy. Thus when we look along the plane of the disk, we see large numbers of stars that, to the naked eye, merge into a band of light. When we look out of the plane of the disk, there are very few stars and the night sky is much darker.

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