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Faber–Jackson relation

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Faber–Jackson relation

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empirical power-law relation between the luminosity and the central stellar velocity dispersion of elliptical galaxy

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Instance of: theorem
Named after: Sandra Faber

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Elliptical galaxies Equations of astronomy Extragalactic astronomy Physical cosmological concepts

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