The rotation curve of a disc galaxy (also called a velocity curve) is a plot of the orbital speeds of visible stars or gas in that galaxy versus their...

measurements of galaxy rotation curves. In 1939, Horace W. Babcock reported the rotation curve for the Andromeda nebula (known now as the Andromeda Galaxy), which...

law to account for observed properties of galaxies. Its primary motivation is to explain galaxy rotation curves without invoking dark matter, and is one...

attributed to dark matter. The rotation curve of the Milky Way agrees with the universal rotation curve of spiral galaxies, the best evidence for the existence...

curve Galaxy rotation curve Gompertz curve Growth curve (statistics) Kruithof curve Light curve Logistic curve Paschen curve Robinson–Dadson curves Stress–strain...

Galactic halo Galaxy formation and evolution Galaxy rotation curve – Observed discrepancy in galactic angular momenta Groups and clusters of galaxies – All of...

spiral galaxy's rotation curve. Without large amounts of mass throughout the (roughly spherical) halo, the rotational velocity of the galaxy would decrease...

Interacting galaxies (colliding galaxies) are galaxies whose gravitational fields result in a disturbance of one another. An example of a minor interaction...

Spherical component of a galaxy which extends beyond the main, visible component Galactic orientation Galaxy rotation curve – Observed discrepancy in...

which they are measured is called a rotation curve. For external disk galaxies, one can measure the rotation curve by observing the Doppler shifts of spectral...

charge-coupled device detector. This technique can be used to observe the rotation curve of a galaxy, as those stars moving towards the observer are blue-shifted,...

the visible component, as demonstrated by the universal rotation curve concept. Spiral galaxies consist of a rotating disk of stars and interstellar medium...

Newtonian dynamics (MOND) as an alternative to the dark matter and galaxy rotation curve problems, although preliminary work and discussions on this subject...

latitude Galaxy rotation curve Galaxy groups and clusters   (list) Local Group – galaxy group that includes the Milky Way Galaxy group Galaxy cluster Supercluster...

center of galaxies (the "galaxy rotation curve") does not decrease with distance from the galactic center, as expected from Kepler's rotation law, but...

measurements of the orbital speed of stars and gas within spiral galaxies result in a velocity curve that deviates significantly from the theoretical prediction...

Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-72767-7. Y Sofu & V Rubin (2001). "Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies". Annual Review...

based on incorrect measurements. Instead, they find a galaxy rotation curve that "places the galaxy among the most rapidly rotating and massive systems"...

ordinary matter in the universe is unseen, since visible stars and gas inside galaxies and clusters account for less than 10 per cent of the ordinary matter contribution...

influential B2FH paper. During the 1960s and 1970s she worked on galaxy rotation curves and quasars, discovering the most distant astronomical object then...

conventional instruments in physics. Data from galaxy rotation curves indicate that approximately 80% of the mass of a galaxy cannot be seen, forcing researchers...

field. STVG has been used successfully to explain galaxy rotation curves, the mass profiles of galaxy clusters, gravitational lensing in the Bullet Cluster...

explanation for galaxy rotation curves as being due to the entropic influence of the central supermassive blackhole found in the center of a spiral galaxy. In 2018...

Disk galaxies do not rotate like solid bodies, but rather rotate differentially. The rotation speed as a function of radius is called a rotation curve, and...

supernova (SN) activity in these galaxies,[citation needed] although LSB galaxy IC 217 hosted 2014cl. Rotation curve measurements indicate an extremely...

matter, observations like the galaxy rotation curve, the Tully–Fisher relation, the faster rotation rate of dwarf galaxies, and the gravitational lensing...

The Perseus–Pegasus Filament is a galaxy filament containing the Perseus–Pisces Supercluster and stretching for roughly a billion light-years (or over...

angular motion of galaxies by studying galactic rotation curves. By identifying the galaxy rotation problem, her work provided evidence for the existence...

Rotation or rotational motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as axis of rotation. A plane figure can rotate in either...

the same curve. Self-similarity: A result of the previous property: A scaled logarithmic spiral is congruent (by rotation) to the original curve. Example:...