Question

How far is the Sun from the Centre of the Milky Way ?
A. 20 light year
B. 200 light year
C. 26000 light year
D. 2600 light year

Answer 1

Hint:
i) The Galaxies are also known as the ‘ Magellanic Clouds’.
ii) The centre of the Milky way is known as ‘Galactic Centre’.
iii) The sun is the largest body in the solar system and also the ultimate source of energy.

Complete answer:
As we know , the Sun is a very huge star which is made up of dust and gases like Helium. It is the most important source of energy for the sustenance of life on Earth. It’s diameter is about 1.39 million kilometres or we can say 109 times that of the Earth.

On the other side, the Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system. The Milky Way is made up of about 90% of the dark matter or the matter which is invisible and about 10% of the luminous matter or matter which is visible.

The milky way is shaped like a huge whirlpool and is made up of almost 100 billion stars. The Centre of the galaxy is 26000 light year far from the sun .In fact, its own light takes 100000 years to move from one side to another.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:
i) The Milky Way is also known as ‘Aakash Ganga ‘.
ii) The Milky Way rotates once every 200 million years.
iii) The person who found the galaxies is ‘Ferdinand Magellan’.