low-velocity star

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low-velocity star [′lō və¦läs·əd·ē ′stär]

(astronomy)

One of the Population I stars in the spiral arms of a galaxy which participate in the galactic rotation, thus exhibiting low velocity with respect to the sun and high velocity with respect to the galactic center.

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