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The rotation curve of the edge-on disk galaxy NGC 5907 can be interpreted in terms of a two-component model, consisting of a truncated exponential disk and of a spherical halo. About 60% of the total mass inside the edge of the disk turns out to be in the halo. Indicative masses for disk and halo are 9 and 13.5·1010 solar masses respectively.
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Kruit, P.C. van der, Searle, L.: 1981a, Astr. Astrophys. 95, pp. 105–115
Kruit, P.C. van der, Searle, L.: 1981b, Astr. Astrophys. 95, pp. 116–126
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Casertano, S. (1983). Rotation Curve and Mass Model for the Edge-on Galaxy NGC 5907. In: Athanassoula, E. (eds) Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies. International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 100. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7075-5_15
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