michaelrccurtis

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   by michaelrccurtis 9y ago

   For anyone interested in why there's a lot more to it than this argument, the first equation: Mg = C1 * Rg * Rg Is not a good assumption for the discs we observe in the universe, because they do not have a constant surface density. The
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   by michaelrccurtis 9y ago

   I really encourage you if you are actually interested in the arguments to progress beyond the entry level explanations. Binney & Tremaine ( https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8697.html ) is the standard work - I high
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   by michaelrccurtis 10y ago

   It always depresses me (as an astrophysicist) how poor the communication is on dark matter, and this leads people to unfair conclusions. We have known for some time about the limitations of our understanding of gravitational dynamics in ext