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As you can see from Table 2, the stellar orbit I used in the spiral galaxy $ESO286-G16$ has an orbital velocity of $179.19 \textrm{ km/s}$. That means that relative to the galaxy, the point is moving at a speed of $179.19 \textrm{ km/s}$. We were only able to do this because spiral galaxies are round and that means that the line of nodes is the major axis.  Now that I found the orbital velocity, I still need to find r (semi-major axis) the distance to the galaxy (r)  from equation 1 but in meters. In order to do that, I need to find the distance to galaxy $ESO286-G16$.