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Which of the following best describes the dust, gas, and celestial bodies of the Milky Way Galaxy?
A.
They experience gravity only if they have significant mass.
B.
The farther away they are from the center of the galaxy, the more they are pulled by gravity.
C.
They orbit around the center of the galaxy because of gravity.
D.
The faster they move, the less gravity they experience.
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C.
Gravity from the mass of the galaxy provides the centripetal force that keeps stars, gas, and dust orbiting the galactic center. (A is wrong because gravity acts on all mass, B is backwards, and D confuses motion with the strength of gravity.)
Gravity from the mass of the galaxy provides the centripetal force that keeps stars, gas, and dust orbiting the galactic center. (A is wrong because gravity acts on all mass, B is backwards, and D confuses motion with the strength of gravity.)
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