Advances in Astrophysics

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DOI: 10.22606/adap.2020.54002

• M. E. McCulloch^*
  University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK

The theory of quantised inertia (QI) can predict galaxy rotations without dark matter. It is shown here that QI can be derived from Landauer’s principle by assuming that bits of information are stored in the distances between objects and the horizons they see.

Quantised inertia, Information, Galaxy rotation

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