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our galaxy contains between 200- to 400-billion stars arranged in a giant disc shape. The diameter is 100,000 light years with an average thickness of 10,000 light years. The Earth is located about 28,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way.

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Earth is not a galaxy, it is a planet. It is inside the Milky Way galaxy.

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No. Earth is part of the galaxy, a very tiny part.

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Planet Earth is located on the Orion arm of the Milky Way.

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Somewhere around 27,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way.

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The earth is in the 'milky way galaxy'.

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Earth resides in the Milky Way galaxy.

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yes because we our in the milkyway galaxy

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The Milky Way galaxy.

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