MOND has various meanings in the Astronomy category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of MOND in Astronomy.
In physics, modified Newtonian dynamics is a theory that proposes a modification of Newton's laws to account for observed properties of galaxies. Created in 1983 by Israeli physicist Mordehai Milgrom, the theory's original motivation was to explain the fact that the velocities of stars in galaxies were observed to be larger than expected based on Newtonian mechanics.
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