Explain differential rotation and Keplerian motion
What will be an ideal response?
The measured motion of stars shows that the disk does not rotate as a solid body. Each star follows its own orbit, and stars in some regions have shorter or longer orbital periods than the Sun. This is called differential rotation.If all of the mass in the galaxy were concentrated at its center, then orbital velocity would be high near the center and would decline away from the center. This kind of motion has been called Keplerian motion because it follows Kepler's third law, as in the case of our Solar System, where nearly all of the mass is in the Sun.
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