What holds the stars of the galactic disk in orbit around the galactic center?
*could be multiple answers
Kepler
’ s 3rd law |
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The collective gravitational attraction from other stars and gas |
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Self-propagating star formation |
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Dark matter |
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The density waves in the Milky Way |
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The rotation of the Milky Way |
Since, We know that our galaxy rotation is happening because the Milky Way is a flattened disk, in the same way that the Solar System is a flattened disk. The centrifugal force from the rotation flattens out the galactic disk. All stars in the galactic disk follow roughly circular orbits around the center of the galaxy. Stars in the halo can have much different orbits and speeds.
Therefore, the most appropriate answer is. . The rotation of the Milky Way.... .
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