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== Applications ==

The Plummer model comes closest to representing the observed density profiles of [[star clusters]]{{citation needed}}, although the rapid falloff of the density at large radii (<math>\rho\rightarrow r^{-5}</math>) is not a good description of these systems.

The behavior of the density near the center does not match observations of elliptical galaxies, which typically exhibit a diverging central density.