I'm not saying Moffat is unequivocally correct, but he does spend a lot of page-time explaining why other theories fail and how MOG can pass those same tests. STVG contains no free variables and scales extremely well, which adds a simplicity and elegance - and more importantly an innate ability...
Yes, those observations of dark matter distribution is one of the key situations where Moffat was able to apply his existing theory and see results that matched exactly. I'll go grab the book and edit in an excerpt in a minute.
edit: Dammit, I loaned the book to a friend last night. Either way...
According to Einstein's gravity.
Moffat and plenty of other physicists, theoretical and experimental, are trying to remove fudge factors and "unknowables" from physics in an attempt to simplify it. Moffat's MOG theory is very interesting, and I highly recommend the book to anyone interested. He...