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Fast and slow rotator galaxy

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Astrophysics Galaxy Elliptical galaxy
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Fast rotators have substantial ordered stellar rotation and are often disky and nearly axisymmetric. Slow rotators have low specific angular momentum and are often massive, anisotropic, triaxial, and core-profiled.

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