The Size and Mass of Galaxies, and the Mass of the Universe
Abstract
Presented arguments are shown to indicate that the mass of spiral galaxies increases almost linearly with radius to nearly 1 Mpc. This means that the total mass per giant spiral is of the order of 10 billion solar masses. A local mean cosmological mass density is determined, whose uncertainty is not less than a factor of 3.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1086/181617
- Bibcode:
- 1974ApJ...193L...1O
- Keywords:
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- Cosmology;
- Size Determination;
- Spiral Galaxies;
- Density Distribution;
- Galactic Structure;
- Mass;
- Mass Ratios;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Astrophysics