English Explanatory Dictionary

rotation curve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. for a galaxy, a plot of the orbital velocity of objects with respect to the center of the galaxy, as a function of the distance between the two

Word forms

rotation curve rotation curves
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