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How big is the Milky Way compared to the solar system?

Updated: 8/18/2019
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The boundary of the Solar System is defined as the point where the Suns gravity no longer has an effect on any body. That distance is approximately 2 light years.

The Milky Way Galaxy is about 100,000 light years across.

So, the Milky Way Galaxy is about 50,000 times larger.

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