In the 1970s it was discovered that, among spiral galaxies, the wider the 21-cm radio emission line, the brighter is the galaxy. What is the name of this relation?
A) mass-luminosity law
B) Hawking effect
C) Hubble law
D) Tully-Fisher relation
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