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Most accounts claim that thanks to dark matter, stars orbit at the same speed regardless of distance from the galactic center. They don't say whether this is li
by rwallace 9y ago
Most accounts claim that thanks to dark matter, stars orbit at the same speed regardless of distance from the galactic center. They don't say whether this is linear or angular velocity, but even if we assume it's linear velocity, how can it be that the sun (which is half way out) orbits every 0.25 Gyr and stars at the rim orbit every 1 Gyr?
- trhway 9y agoSun at 26 Kly and the outer edge stars at 80 Kly have the same 200km/s orbital speed, and as result have 3 times difference in the orbital period.