rotation curve
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Rotation_curve_of_spiral_galaxy_Messier_33_%28Triangulum%29.png/220px-Rotation_curve_of_spiral_galaxy_Messier_33_%28Triangulum%29.png)
Noun
[edit]rotation curve (plural rotation curves)
- (astrophysics) for a galaxy, a plot of the orbital velocity of objects with respect to the center of the galaxy, as a function of the distance between the two
Translations
[edit]a plot of the orbital velocity of solar systems with respect to the center of its galaxy, as a function of the distance between the two
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