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If astronomers were to find they have made a mistake and our solar system is actually 7....

If astronomers were to find they have made a mistake and our solar system is actually 7.2 (rather than 8.2) kpc from the center of the galaxy, but the orbital velocity of the sun is still 240 km/s, what is the minimum mass of the galaxy? (Hint: Use Kepler’s third law, Chapter 4.)

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 12