Milky Way rotation curve

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:citation astrophysical literature
gptkbp:contrastsWith rotation curves of other spiral galaxies
gptkbp:describes rotation velocity of stars and gas in the Milky Way
gptkbp:evidence existence of dark matter halo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Milky Way rotation curve
gptkbp:influencedBy interstellar extinction
solar motion
distance to Galactic center
gptkbp:measures stellar kinematics
observations of CO gas
observations of HI gas
gptkbp:opposedBy Keplerian decline expected from visible matter
gptkbp:relatedTo dark matter
galactic dynamics
gptkbp:shows flat rotation curve at large radii
gptkbp:studiedBy 1970s
gptkbp:usedIn galactic astronomy
studies of mass distribution in the Milky Way
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oort_constants
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6