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From: kwmc@hou5d.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: The name of our sun is "Sol".
Message-ID: <612@hou5d.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Aug-83 10:39:12 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 18 10:39:12 1983
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Our galaxy is NOT called the Milky Way.  The Milky Way refers to the band
of stars which are visible form the earth, when looking away from the
galactic center.  i.e. The Milky Way refers to a part of our galaxy in
a spiral arm.
			Ken Cochran        hou5d!kwmc
P.S.  does anybody disaggree ?