2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10612Gates et al (astro-ph/9606132) have raised several issues in their Comment on our Letter (Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 76, p.3886 (1996); astro-ph/9605001). We clarify these issues and show that our results are robust, and there is no inconsistency of our results with any established observational facts.3 pages, RevTex, submitted to Phys. Rev. LettAstrophysicstext