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Question | Answer |
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Elliptical galaxy | oval-shaped, most are lower mass, most abundant galaxies in the universe |
Irregular Galaxy | no defined shape, no clear bulge or disk, the leftovers of two collided galaxies |
Spiral Galaxy | Spiral/ disk shaped, has 'arms', dense center |
What is a light year? | The distance light travels in one year |
how fast does a light year travel? | 186,000 a miles/second or 671 million miles/hour |
What is a galaxy? | it is a system of millions or billions of stars, made of gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction . |
how much stars does our galaxy (milky way) have? | 200,000,000,000 stars |
True or False: galaxies are all the same shape and size. | False |
What is the closest star the sun? | Proxima Centauri (4.24 light years away). |
What is the nearest star to OUR sun? | Alpha Centauri (42 trillion km away). |
1 light year= | 10,000,000,000,000 km |
What galaxy usually has the most stars? | Spiral Galaxy |
the closest galaxy to us is... | Andromedic Galaxy |
andromedic galaxy has how many planets? | over 100 planets |