The distance from the Sun to the nearest star is about 4 x 1016 m. The Milky

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The distance from the Sun to the nearest star is about 4 x 1016 m. The Milky Way galaxy is roughly a disk of diameter ~1021 m and thickness ~1019. Find the order of magnitude of the number of stars in the Milky Way. Assume the distance between the Sun and our nearest neighbor is typical.
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Precalculus

ISBN: 978-0321716835

9th edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan

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