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The Sun, Earth, and the entire solar system are also in motion, orbiting the center of the Milky Way at an unexpected speed

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The Sun, Earth, and the entire solar system also are in motion, orbiting the center of the Milky Way at a blazing 140 miles a second.

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Even at this great speed, though, our planetary neighborhood still takes about 200 million years to make one complete orbit — a testament to the vast size of our home galaxy.

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