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What is the name for a group of stars bound together by gravity?
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∙ 14y ago
Our local group of galaxies is bound by gravity, although the large and small magellanic clouds nearby are moving fast enough they are probably just passing through.
Our entire local group is also moving towards another big group of galaxies known as "the Great Attractor," which itself is bound by gravity.
There are numerous clusters of galaxies bound by gravity throughout the hundred billion galaxies in our universe.
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A group of stars gas and dust held together by gravity is a?
A group of stars, dust and gases held together by gravity IS CALLED GALAXY
What is a newly formed star called?
New stars together are called a star cluster.They usually travel in space together, for there gravity keeps them in a group.
What are stars in the sky held together by?
gravity
What is the system of billions or stars held together by gravity?
A system of billions of stars held together by gravity is called a galaxy. The one we live in is called the Milky Way galaxy.
How does gravity affect the stars moon an planets?
Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun and the stars and the stars in orbit around the center of the galaxy. Gravity also holds the stars together against their own internal pressure.
A group of stars formed at the same time but their mutual gravity cannot hold them together is?
Probably "moving group". If they're still gravitationally bound, then "open cluster" is a better term.
What is a galaxy in astrophysics?
A galaxy is a vast number of stars together with the interstellar medium and dark matter bound together by gravity.
What is the name when two stars are bound together gravitationally and orbit a common center of gravity?
The stars are said to be a "gravitational binary pair"
What does a group of many stars dust and gas held together by gravity form?
A galaxy
What are two stars bound by gravity called?
Binary stars
A group of stars gas and dust held together by gravity is a?
A group of stars, dust and gases held together by gravity IS CALLED GALAXY
What is a newly formed star called?
New stars together are called a star cluster.They usually travel in space together, for there gravity keeps them in a group.
What holds the planet and stars together?
Gravity
What are stars in the sky held together by?
gravity
Are there Star Clusters in your Solar System?
No, a star cluster would be a group of stars; our solar system has only one star in it - the sun, with planets in orbit around it. A star cluster, by contrast, is a much larger structure - a group of from hundreds up to hundreds of thousands of stars (globular clusters can have millions of stars) bound together by gravity. It might be better to say there are star clusters inside our galaxy, the Milky Way.
How is the Milky Way held together?
Gravity. All the stars orbit around a super massive black hole in the center of the galaxy. The black hole and all the other stars in the galaxy are gravitationally bound, but not necessarily locked, and travel through the universe together.
What force is responsible for holding the stars gases and dust together in a galaxy?
The answer is simple: gravity.
