Timeline for How does the conservation of angular momentum contribute to the flattening of a galaxies shape?
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| Aug 11, 2023 at 18:56 | comment | added | anna v | I repeat the quote above "With angular momentum conserved, the matter near the center speeds up its rotation. Then, like a spinning ball of pizza dough, the matter forms into a tight disk" | |
| Aug 11, 2023 at 17:31 | comment | added | Alright Then | when you say angular momentum I just think of how this is given a value that stays constant for the entire system. I still can't imagine how that manifests as specifically a disc shape. I can imagine a spherical cloud around the entity which is intuitive | |
| Aug 7, 2023 at 7:31 | history | answered | anna v | CC BY-SA 4.0 |