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Old 24-April-2008, 10:01 PM
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Default galaxy rotation speed and mass distribution

What is the speed of rotation of stars close to the center of a galaxy? Is the acceleration close to the center inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the center? Approximately how is the mass distributed across the radius?
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