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Find the orbital period of the satellite galaxy described in Problem 7. REFERENCE:...

Find the orbital period of the satellite galaxy described in Problem 7.

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7. If you find a galaxy that is the same size and mass as our Milky Way Galaxy, what orbital velocity would a small satellite galaxy have if it orbited 50 kpc from the center of the larger galaxy? (Hint: See calculations in Chapter 15.)

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