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Why are most galaxies and solar systems 'flat'?
Why are most galaxies and solar systems 'flat'? If there is a cloud of
dust/gas that starts to coalesce around a localized density in the middle of the dust/gas, it seems it would attract from all 3 dimensions equally. But galaxies and solar systems attract primarily in a single plane. What happened to all the debris above/below the plane? I understand there will probably be an unequal distribution of matter surrounding the central object and there will consequently be a resultant angular momentum after a while. But that doesn't seem to explain why there still isn't debris spiraling in from above/below the primary plane. |
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