The dynamics of satellite galaxies.

We use the positions and velocities of satellites of our galaxy and of other spiral galaxies to determine the radial mass profile of dark matter halos. We combine our measurement of the velocities of five remote Galactic satellites with published observations of the other Galactic satellites to obta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zaritsky, Dennis Fabian.
Other Authors: White, Simon D. M.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1991
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185639