Answer to Question #339920 in Classical Mechanics for thembekalanga

Question #339920

the sun has an orbital speed of about 220kms^-1 around the centre of the galaxy whose distance is 28 000 light years .estimate the total mass of the galaxy in solar masses

Expert's answer

"M_g=1.5\\cdot 10^{12}M_s."

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