8.5 Let us assume that our galaxy consists of 2.5 * 1011 stars each of one solar mass. How long will a star at a distance of 50,000 ly from the galactic centre take to complete one revolution ? Take the diameter of the Milk Way to be 105 ly.

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Mass of our galaxy Milky Way, M = 2.5 *1011 solar mass

Solar mass = Mass of the Sun = 2.0 *1030 kg

Mass of our galaxy = 2.5 *1011* 2.0 *1030 = 5 *1041 kg

Diameter of the Milky Way, d = 105 ly

Radius of the Milky Way = 5 *104 ly

1 ly = 9.46 *1015 m

r = 5 *104* 9.46 *1015 m = 4.73 *1020 m

As a star revolves around the galactic centre of the Milky Way, its t

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