Re: Has anyone tested MOND?


"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Eric Gisse wrote:
| > MOND is utterly excluded by lensing observations. That is slightly
| > more compelling than "numerical simulations raise some eyebrows".
|
| And yet, the Milky Way's tidal effect on neighboring dwarf galaxies are
| better predicted by MOND than Dark Matter. Battling articles again.
|
| Do Dwarf Galaxies Favor MOND Over Dark Matter?
| "When MOND is applied to the population of dwarf galaxies, one effect is
| that tidal forces from the Milky Way, which have a negligible effect in
| classical Newtonian Mechanics, can actually make a big difference. This
| is particularly significant for the dwarfs orbiting our Galaxy most
| closely."
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080402202332.htm


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