It is important to note that the Newtonian component of MOND's dynamics remains active at accelerations well below the a 0 value of 1.2 × 10 m/s ; the equations of MOND assert no minimum acceleration for the Newtonian component. However, because the residual Newtonian-like dynamics of MOND continue to decline as the inverse square of distance below a 0 —just as they do above—they comparatively vanish as they become overwhelmed by the stronger “deep-MOND” linear dynamics of the theory.