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On Leading Spiral Arms in Close Pairs of Galaxies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
It is explained why one can observe a leading spiral pattern in close pairs of galaxies where the direction of the orbital momentum of the satellite is opposite to the direction of the spin of the spiral galaxy.
- Type
- VII. Classical Theory of Pairs
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 124: Paired and Interacting Galaxies , 1990 , pp. 555 - 563
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- Copyright © NASA 1990