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Title:
Minor-axis rotation in elliptical galaxies
Authors:
Jedrzejewski, Robert; Schechter, Paul L.
Affiliation:
AA(Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Pasadena, CA), AB(Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Pasadena, CA)
Publication:
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 98, July 1989, p. 147-165. (AJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/1989
Category:
Astronomy
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
ANGULAR VELOCITY, AXES OF ROTATION, ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES, GALACTIC ROTATION, OBLATE SPHEROIDS, PROLATE SPHEROIDS, ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOMETRY, GALACTIC STRUCTURE, KINETIC ENERGY
DOI:
10.1086/115133
Bibliographic Code:
1989AJ.....98..147J

Abstract

Rotation velocities have been measured along the minor axes of 14 galaxies, all nominally classified E2, and along the major axes of 12 of these, with the goal of determining their degree of triaxiality. Two of these show no rotation along either axis at a level of 10 km/s. Two show so much rotation along their major axes that in spite of their E2 classification, it is suspected that they may be SOs. Of the remaining 10, five show no minor-axis rotation and four rotate more rapidly along their minor axes than along their major axes. While the sample is small, the data suggest that elliptical galaxies run the gamut from nearly oblate to nearly prolate.

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