What is the mass of the Milky Way?

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A. S. Adikesavan
Jan 23, 2016

The estimates for the mass of our galaxy Milky Way: 600000000000 in solar mass units. .

Explanation:

As of now, it is just 2-sd ( significant digit ) approximation 6.0 E+11. Further research on the count of the constituent star-systems in Milky Way and estimates of mass of each star-system, it is likely to get a better estimate with more sd.

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