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spheroidal galaxy

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spheroidal galaxy [sfir′ȯid·əl ′gal·ik·sē]
(astronomy)


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Spitzer Space Telescope spectral observations of AGB stars in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy.
Computer models predict that in about four billion years the galactic pair will become one spheroidal galaxy.
Based on this evidence, "I immediately jumped to the conclusion that this was a dwarf spheroidal galaxy," Irwin says.
 
 
 
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