Multiple Choice
Which is the correct description of the Sun's location within the Milky Way?
A) in the disc but at its outer edge
B) in the disc and about one- half a galactic radius from the center
C) as Herschel found, very close to the Galactic center
D) above the disc and about one- third of the galactic radius from the center
E) at the outer edge of the galactic bulge but in the plane of the disc
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