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Gravitational transformation of gaseous clouds: The formation of spiral galaxies and disk planets
- Source :
- Natural Science. :151-170
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., 2014.
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Abstract
- Gravitation is one of the central forces playing an important role in formation of natural systems like galaxies and planets. Gravitational forces between particles of a gaseous cloud transform the cloud into spherical shells and disks of higher density during gravitational contraction. The density can reach that of a solid body. The theoretical model was tested to model the formation of a spiral galaxy and Saturn. The formations of a spiral galaxy and Saturn and its disk are simulated using a novel N-body self-gravitational model. It is demonstrated that the formation of the spirals of the galaxy and disk of the planet is the result of gravitational contraction of a slowly rotated particle cloud that has a shape of slightly deformed sphere for Saturn and ellipsoid for the spiral galaxy. For Saturn, the sphere was flattened by a coefficient of 0.8 along the axis of rotation. During the gravitational contraction, the major part of the cloud transformed into a planet and a minor part transformed into a disk. The thin structured disk is a result of the electromagnetic interaction in which the magnetic forces acting on charged particles of the cloud originate from the core of the planet.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Astronomy
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Grand design spiral galaxy
Astrophysics
Galaxy merger
Barred spiral galaxy
Thin disk
Elliptical galaxy
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Interacting galaxy
Irregular galaxy
Lenticular galaxy
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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Details
- ISSN :
- 21504105 and 21504091
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Natural Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d2250a552b6a2ca8d1cb8e73d263fe30
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ns.2014.64020