The extended hot "halo" of gas surrounding our galaxy is thought to contain ________ mass as the sum of the Milky Way's stellar mass.
A) the same amount of
B) 1/10 as much
C) 10 times as much
D) 1/1,000 as much
E) 1,000 times as much
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