Defining Characterization Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization. Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
Our Sun is just one of an estimated two-to-four hundred billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, and looking up towards the night sky, one canât help but wonder how many of those stars have planets of their own, and what those worlds are like. Image credit: Free Roaming Photography, by Mike Cavaroc.
Our sun is 25,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way. The oldest star in the galaxy is 13.2 billion years old. The stellar disk of the Milky Way Galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years in diameter and is about 1,000 light years thick. It is estimated to contain up to 400 billion stars.