If the Sun Passes Almost in Front of the Center

question 73

Multiple Choice

If the Sun passes almost in front of the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, it does so

• A) once a day.
• B) only in 2012, at the end of the Mayan calendar.
• C) once a month.
• D) once a year.

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