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If the Large Magellanic Cloud Is Orbiting the Milky Way

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If the Large Magellanic Cloud is orbiting the Milky Way in a circular orbit with a speed of 175 km/s and a distance of 50 kpc from the center, how long would it take for the Large Magellanic Cloud to complete one orbit around the Milky Way?


A) 500 million years
B) 1.8 billion years
C) 5.3 billion years
D) 9.2 billion years
E) 12.7 billion years

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