What is the diameter of the Milky Way?

Q. What is the diameter of the Milky Way?
Answer: 1,20,000 light years
Notes: The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a diameter of 1,20,000 light years. It is estimated to contain 100-400 billion planets.

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