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The distance between our solar system and the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is approximately 27,000 light-years. If we were to somehow arrange all the stars, planets, and other celestial objects in our galaxy in a line between us and the Sun, the distance between us and the Sun would remain relatively unchanged. The reason for this is that the vast majority of the mass in our galaxy is concentrated in the center, primarily in the form of stars and a supermassive black hole, while the individual stars and planetary systems are spread out over vast distances.

In other words, even if we were to place all the objects in the galaxy in a line between us and the Sun, their combined mass would still be significantly less than the mass of the central region of the galaxy. Consequently, the gravitational influence of the objects in the galaxy on our distance from the Sun would be negligible.

Therefore, in practical terms, the arrangement of objects in the galaxy would have minimal impact on our distance to the Sun, and we would remain at approximately the same distance from it as we are currently, which is about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers).

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