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Swankie
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I read an article explaining how all the stars in the milky way revolve around the galactic center at the same velocity, which is obviously different than the way the planets in this solar system revolve around the sun. They say this is because the C.O.M. isn't located in the galactic center, but spread throughout the entire milky way due to dark matter.
They went on to talk about how Einstein disproved Newton when having to deal with quantum level objects and continued on to say that perhaps Newtonian physics isn't entirely correct galactic sized systems. ie...it is only really valid "medium" sized stuff(apples, planets). Perhaps a variation of Newton is required for really big stuff? Ill be the first to admit this author isn't the most reliable, I just thought it was an interesting take on DM.
So if someone could come on here and laugh at me and tell me why I am wrong that would be great. Astrophysics isn't my specialty so I don't really know better
They went on to talk about how Einstein disproved Newton when having to deal with quantum level objects and continued on to say that perhaps Newtonian physics isn't entirely correct galactic sized systems. ie...it is only really valid "medium" sized stuff(apples, planets). Perhaps a variation of Newton is required for really big stuff? Ill be the first to admit this author isn't the most reliable, I just thought it was an interesting take on DM.
So if someone could come on here and laugh at me and tell me why I am wrong that would be great. Astrophysics isn't my specialty so I don't really know better