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English: A galaxy rotation curve is a plot of the orbital speeds of visible stars or gas versus their radial distance from the galactic center.
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  1. ↑ McGaugh, Stacy S. (2018-08-01). "A Precise Milky Way Rotation Curve Model for an Accurate Galactocentric Distance". Research Notes of the AAS 2 (3): 156. DOI:10.3847/2515-5172/aadd4b. ISSN 2515-5172.
  2. ↑ (2007-12-10). "Milky Way Kinematics. I. Measurements at the Subcentral Point of the Fourth Quadrant". The Astrophysical Journal 671 (1): 427–438. DOI:10.1086/522297. ISSN 0004-637X.
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  4. ↑ (2019-01-20). "The Circular Velocity Curve of the Milky Way from 5 to 25 kpc". The Astrophysical Journal 871 (1): 120. DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/aaf648. ISSN 0004-637X.
  5. ↑ McGaugh, Stacy S. (2019-11-01). "The Imprint of Spiral Arms on the Galactic Rotation Curve". The Astrophysical Journal 885 (1): 87. DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/ab479b. ISSN 0004-637X.
  6. ↑ (2017-02-21). "Dynamical modelling of the galactic bulge and bar: the Milky Way's pattern speed, stellar and dark matter mass distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 465 (2): 1621–1644. DOI:10.1093/mnras/stw2819. ISSN 0035-8711.
  7. ↑ (2019-11-10). "Trigonometric Parallaxes of High-mass Star-forming Regions: Our View of the Milky Way". The Astrophysical Journal 885 (2): 131. DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/ab4a11. ISSN 0004-637X.
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A galaxy rotation curve is a plot of the orbital speeds of visible stars or gas versus their radial distance from the galactic center.

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