The Mass Discrepancy-Acceleration Relation: Disk Mass and the Dark Matter Distribution · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/astro-ph_0403610/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTThe Mass Discrepancy-Acceleration Relation: Disk Mass and the Dark Matter Distribution — mentioned by nonbelhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16702599urn:hackerpapers:mention:astro-ph_0403610:16702599Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:25:45 GMT<p>&gt;&quot;Based on these data the team discovered that NGC 1052-DF2 larger than the Milky Way, but contains about 250 times fewer stars, leading it to be classified as an ultra diffuse galaxy.&quot; Interesting, the mass discrepancy (ie, &quot;dark matter&quot;) has been noted to be proportional to the predicted acceleration due to the visible mass (according to Newtonian mechanics): https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0403610 How does this galaxy fit into that relationship? If the galaxy is ultra diffuse it sounds like very little deviation would be predicted, but I am no expert here. Edit: To clarify since the…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/astro-ph_0403610/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph