The Milky Way Galaxy Is Moving at About 600 Km/s

question 200

Multiple Choice

The Milky Way Galaxy is moving at about 600 km/s relative to the cosmic microwave background radiation. Why?

• A) The Milky Way is being gravitationally attracted by several nearby superclusters of galaxies.
• B) This speed is the orbital speed of the Local Group of galaxies around the Virgo cluster.
• C) There is no particular reason. All galaxies have "small" random speeds in addition to the universal expansion, and 600 km/s is the speed of the Milky Way.
• D) This speed is the orbital speed of the Milky Way Galaxy around the Andromeda Galaxy.

Understand the definitions and properties of logical operations such as disjunctions, conjunctions, biconditionals, and conditionals.

Identify the logical outcome of a statement given the nature of its components (tautology, self-contradiction, or contingency).

Apply the concept of logical equivalency and contradiction between statements.

Analyze the impact of the truth values of statement components on the overall statement.

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