Rotating and counter-rotating cores in elliptical galaxies

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Aug 1988

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 202, no. 1-2, Aug. 1988, p. L5-L8.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Counter Rotation, Elliptical Galaxies, Galactic Rotation, Angular Momentum, Brightness Distribution, Galactic Evolution, Galactic Structure, Velocity Distribution

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It is suggested that rotating cores such as those (both rotating and contrarotating) presently discovered in four out of seven slowly-rotating elliptical galaxies may exist in a large portion of elliptical galaxies. Attention is given to such possible explanations for contrarotation as the merging of galaxies and the counterspin-up of the galaxies' outer regions due to interactions in the early stages of galactic formation. The four galaxies discussed are NGCs 4365, 4406, 4494, and 5322.

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