Left panel: cut of the density of PDM around a simple Pal 5-like point-mass (M_GC = 15 000 M_⊙) at 14 kpc from the Galactic center (M_gal = 5.56 × 10¹⁰M_⊙). The Galactic center is at (Z,Y) = (−14,0) kpc on this plot. The gray areas correspond to negative PDM densities. Middle panel: corresponding effective potential of the GC. The effective potential of a similar system in Newtonian dynamics is shown in the right panel, where the point mass that represents the MW is significantly more massive than in MOND to account for the dark mass (M_gal = 1.25 × 10¹¹M_⊙).