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lentic·u·lar gal·axy

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  1. lenticular galaxynoun

    A galaxy that like spiral galaxies has a flat disk but unlike them has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies.

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  1. Lenticular galaxy

    A lenticular galaxy is a type of galaxy which is intermediate between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes. Lenticular galaxies are disk galaxies which have used up or lost most of their interstellar matter and therefore have very little ongoing star formation. They may, however, retain significant dust in their disks. As a result, they consist mainly of aging stars. Because of their ill-defined spiral arms, if they are inclined face-on it is often difficult to distinguish between them and elliptical galaxies. Despite the morphological differences, lenticular and elliptical galaxies share common properties like spectral features, scaling relations and both can be considered early type galaxies which are passively evolving, at least in the local universe.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lenticular galaxy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lenticular galaxy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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