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There's an n of 1 that is unexplainable by MOND, and that's the bullet cluster. Pretty much every other Galaxy is explainable using mond, the udgs for example

There's an n of 1 that is unexplainable by MOND, and that's the bullet cluster. Pretty much every other Galaxy is explainable using mond, the udgs for example are likely to be errors in distance to them, a lot of other errors due to being oriented face towards us, etc. Iirc, LCDM has trouble explaining satellite galaxies. They're traveling through the halo, which should create drag on them. They shouldn't last long enough to exist at all.

simonh 4y ago
For individual galaxies yes the bullet cluster is the main problem, but MOND can’t explain the motion of galaxy clusters at all.
- throwawaymaths 4y ago
  > MOND can’t explain the motion of galaxy clusters at all Yes that's fine, but it also doesn't necessarily try to [1]. LCDM can't explain linear Tully-fisher, can't explain external field effect, can't explain why satellite galaxies are long lived, can't explain why bullet cluster even exists (galaxies shouldn't be going that fast), can't explain early galaxies, etc. [1] so maybe it shouldn't. There's a lot of systematic uncertainty in some of those really large scale movements. For example suppose our standard candle was off by half an order of magnitude at the largest scales. For LCDM, not a problem. Reparametrize the distribution and ratios of dark matter. Presto chango theory still works. That this should be possible should scare you.