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Galaxies are composed of stars, gas (including dust), and dark matter. The stars and the dark matter produce the main part of the galactic potential and force, while the contribution of the gas in the potential and force is small.
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Contopoulos, G. (2002). Order and Chaos in Galaxies. In: Order and Chaos in Dynamical Astronomy. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04917-4_3
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