Exercise

• Exercise: How can we use knowledge of velocities to find the mass of the galaxy including any mass not visible?

  • Observe light from objects well outside the visible galaxy

• Assuming all the mass is in the visible part of the galaxy, should the velocity decrease or increase as a function of the distance R of the objects from the center?

• How should it vary as a function of the distance R?

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