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PROTOGALACTIC [2 records]

Record 1 1994-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Theoretical Astronomy
  • Astronomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie théorique
  • Astronomie
DEF

Relatif à la protogalaxie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astronomía teórica
  • Astronomía
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Record 2 1979-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Theoretical Astronomy
  • Astronomy
CONT

As the protogalactic cloud contracted local regions of higher density became self-gravitating and condensed (...) into globular star clusters (...)

OBS

protogalaxy: The theoretical precursor of the Galaxy; suggested by James Jeans to be an initial structureless gas cloud, held together by its own gravitation, that broke up into a number of fragments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie théorique
  • Astronomie
DEF

Relatif à la protogalaxie.

CONT

(...) le nuage protogalactique s'est contracté (...)

OBS

protogalaxie: Nuage de gaz à partir duquel s'est formée une galaxie.

Spanish

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