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POPULATION I [1 record]

Record 1 1977-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
OBS

"Population I stars" (...) are relatively youthful units (...) marked by high metal content, accompanied by much gas and dust; (...) The orbits are close to circular, and are distributed at very low inclinations to the galactic plane (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

Il semble donc exister deux types de populations stellaires: celle des parages solaires, dans la Voie Lactée, que Baade appelle la "population I" et celle des amas globulaires que Baade appelle la "population II" (...)

Spanish

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