Why Do We Believe That Most of the Mass of the Milky

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Multiple Choice

Why do we believe that most of the mass of the Milky Way is in the form of dark matter?

• A)Although dark matter emits no visible light,we have detected its radio emissions.
• B)The orbital speeds of stars far from the galactic center are surprisingly high.
• C)Theoretical models of galaxy formation suggest that a galaxy cannot form unless it has at least 10 times as much matter as we see in the Milky Way disk.
• D)Our view of distant galaxies is often obscured by dark blotches,which are presumably made of dark matter.

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