The speed of the Sun in its orbit around the Milky Way Galaxy is deduced by reference to and observations of:
A) the orbital motions of stars near the Sun.
B) globular clusters and halo stars.
C) Cepheid variables, which provide a distance standard.
D) the galactic center, about which the Sun is orbiting.
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