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An Elliptical Galaxy
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What terms describes a galaxy that looks like a round or flattened ball and contains little gas and dust between the stars?
elliptical galaxy
What is the makeup of a spiral galaxy?
A galaxy that looks like a giant pinwheel spinning through the void of space; has a central nucleus that resembles a flattened ball, to which are attached long, curved arms, and contains large amounts of gas and dust.
What is a flattened sphere called?
If by "flattened" you mean "like someone took a sphere and sat on it", that would be an oblate spheroid.
What shape is a soccer ball when flattened?
A circle.
Is a quasar is a galaxy shaped like a flattened ball?
It could be, but the definition quasi-star depends on the radiation output, NOT the shape.
What is a tight ball of stars that looks like a ball is called?
Star cluster or Stellar cluster.
Which pokeballs look like the Eeveelutions?
The Premier Ball looks like Sylveon, the Dive Ball looks like Vaporeon, Luxury Ball and Dusk Ball look like Umbreon and the special event-only Poké Ball, the Cherish Ball, the Eeveelution that looks similar to the special event Cherish Ball is the fire-type Pokémon that is called Flareon.
What is a tight group of stars that looks like a ball is called?
Star cluster or Stellar cluster.
Jupiter's furious rate of spin causes what to happen?
Jupiter's rapid rotation rate causes its equator to bulge out and its poles to be flattened. It looks a bit like a squashed ball; the planet is seven percent larger at the equator than at the poles.
What is a cluster of stars that looks like a ball and contains up to 1 million stars called?
These are called Globular Clusters.They are not galaxies but instead are dense groups of stars that are part of a galaxy.Our Milky Way galaxy is estimated to have about 180 Globular Clusters in it. Many of them are near the center of our galaxy but some also orbit at the outer edges.For comparison, a Globular Cluster can contain 100's of thousands of stars and up to 1 million stars. Our Milky Way galaxy contains all those Globular Clusters plus over 100 billion more stars.
What is the name for the tip of a pen?
For ball-point pens, the tip of the pen is actually made of a ball bearing, and so the tip of the ball-point pen would be a point until it is worn or not manufactured properly, in which case it might be abit flattened.
What kind of galaxy is shaped like a ball and contains older stars?
That sounds like the description of an elliptical galaxy.
