Unified Astronomy Thesaurus

Last uploaded: June 20, 2024
Preferred Name

Galaxies

Definitions

Generally, a large body of gas, dust, and stars held together by their mutual gravitational attraction and ranging in mass from about 10^6 to 10^13 M_sun. If a galaxy also contains dark matter its mass will be much larger. Galaxies are grouped into three main categories: spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies, and irregular galaxies.

ID

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/573

broader

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/563

contributor

http://editor.vocabs.ands.org.au/user/AAS_Frey.Katie_Admin

definition

Generally, a large body of gas, dust, and stars held together by their mutual gravitational attraction and ranging in mass from about 10^6 to 10^13 M_sun. If a galaxy also contains dark matter its mass will be much larger. Galaxies are grouped into three main categories: spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies, and irregular galaxies.

modified

2020-11-02T16:14:21.035Z

2020-11-02T16:14:38.887Z

narrower

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/405

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1293

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/789

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/802

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/456

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/652

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/736

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/416

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1347

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/734

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1316

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1570

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/864

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/533

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/285

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/429

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/391

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/907

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/940

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/978

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1298

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/979

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/2016

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/17

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/290

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/2176

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/459

prefLabel

Galaxies

related

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/2171

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/582

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/611

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