Which Of The Following Best Describes The Milky Way Galaxy?

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Which Of The Following Best Describes The Milky Way Galaxy?

A) a spiral galaxy with a disk about 100,000 light-years in diameter and containing between 100 billion and 1 trillion stars B) a spiral galaxy with a disk about 1 billion kilometers in diameter and containing between 100 million and 1 billion stars C) a spiral galaxy with a disk about 100,000 light-years in diameter and containing about 100,000 stars D) a spherically shaped collection of stars including our solar system and about a dozen other solar systems, stretching about 4 light-years in diameter E) a spherically shaped collection of about 1 million stars that is about 100 light-years in diameter
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A) a spiral galaxy with a disk about 100,000 light-years in diameter and containing between 100 billion and 1 trillion stars

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