Astrophysics & Aerospace
Technology ISSN: 2329-6542
Journal of Astrophysics & Aerospace Technology
Gupta, J Astrophys Aerospace Technol 2015, 3:1
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2329-6542.1000117
Keywords: Dark matter; Tensors; Quasars; stars; Rotation curves;
Missing mass in galaxies; Galaxy structure; Galaxy; Kinematics and
dynamics; Cosmology; Observations
Introduction
Rotation curve of galaxy: Missing mass/dark matter concept
Observationally a galaxy also looks like a star, but on the high
telescope resolution, the constituent stars are visible, the more stars,
therefore the more massive the galaxy. By the early 1960's, there were
indications coming for doubting about the missing mass. The first
indication that there is a significant fraction of missing matter in a
galaxy is from the studies our own milky way. The quantum of mass
inside sun’s orbit around the milky way center is observationally less
than the calculated one. A straight forward rotation curves from the
rotating wheel can be seen in Figure 1, which is true according to
Kepler’s third law also as planet-like or differential rotation. Notice that
the orbital speeds falls off as you go to greater radii within the galaxy.
This is called a Keplerian rotation curve as shown in second part of
Figure 1.
Technology ISSN: 2329-6542
Journal of Astrophysics & Aerospace Technology
Gupta, J Astrophys Aerospace Technol 2015, 3:1
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2329-6542.1000117
Keywords: Dark matter; Tensors; Quasars; stars; Rotation curves;
Missing mass in galaxies; Galaxy structure; Galaxy; Kinematics and
dynamics; Cosmology; Observations
Introduction
Rotation curve of galaxy: Missing mass/dark matter concept
Observationally a galaxy also looks like a star, but on the high
telescope resolution, the constituent stars are visible, the more stars,
therefore the more massive the galaxy. By the early 1960's, there were
indications coming for doubting about the missing mass. The first
indication that there is a significant fraction of missing matter in a
galaxy is from the studies our own milky way. The quantum of mass
inside sun’s orbit around the milky way center is observationally less
than the calculated one. A straight forward rotation curves from the
rotating wheel can be seen in Figure 1, which is true according to
Kepler’s third law also as planet-like or differential rotation. Notice that
the orbital speeds falls off as you go to greater radii within the galaxy.
This is called a Keplerian rotation curve as shown in second part of
Figure 1.
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