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Additional evidence for the cataclysmic origin of spiral structure in galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

K. Rudnicki
K. Rudnicki*
Affiliation:
Warsaw University Observatory, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

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The photograph of the galaxy NGC 3486 shows its spiral structure in statu nascendi. The evident explanation is that of a cataclysmic origin of the visible spiral arms.

Type
Part IV/Comparison of Theory and Observations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 38: The Spiral Structure of our Galaxy , 1970 , pp. 435 - 436
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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