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Showing posts with label Clarification of the Milky Way. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clarification of the Milky Way. Show all posts

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Clarification of the Milky Way's mass found more dark matter


A team of scientists from Japan initiate new, more accurate measurements of the distance from the solar system to the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, which was found to be 26,100 light-years, and the rate of rotation of our galaxy near our solar system, which was found to be 240 km / s. Previous data on the speed of our galaxy is 220 km / s, which means that the mass of our galaxy - and especially the contribution, made ​​by dark matter - about 20% higher than previously thought.