2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10081We make a first application of the linear gravitational potentials of the conformal gravity theory to the distance scale associated with clusters of galaxies, with the theory being found to give a reasonable value for the mean velocity of the virialized core of the typical Coma cluster, with no need to invoke the existence of dark matter.Plain TeX, 4 pages. To appear in the Proceedings of the 1995 Astronomical Society of the Pacific Symposium on Clusters, Lensing, and the Future of the Universe, University of Maryland, June 1995AstrophysicsLinear Potentials in the Cores of Clusters of Galaxiestext