Concept information
Preferred term
Interacting galaxies
Definition
- Galaxies that are close enough for their mutual gravitational attraction to produce perturbed shapes or extruded filaments of stellar material, called tidal tails. Most galaxies are in clusters, and gravitational interactions between them are common. (en)
Broader concept
- Galaxies (en)
Narrower concepts
- Galaxy collisions (en)
- Galaxy mergers (en)
- Galaxy pairs (en)
- Galaxy tides (en)
- Galaxy triplets (en)
Entry terms
- Colliding galaxies (en)
Editorial note
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/802
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