The Solar System is about 5 billion years old and completes one orbit around the center of the Milky Way in 220 million years. Therefore, we conclude that the Solar system has completed a total of about ________ orbits around the Galactic center.

A. 5
B. 50
C. 22
D. 10


Answer: C

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