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mass discrepancy
In the study of clusters of galaxies, the difference between the mass of a cluster obtained by using the virial theorem, MVT, and the mass inferred from the total luminosities of the member galaxies, ML. Typically MVT/ML > 10, implying the existence of large amounts of dark matter.
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