The Metamorphosis of the Local Group

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written by John Dubinski

This site give an animation simulation of what will happen in about 3 billion years when our galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy approach each other over the course of 1.5 billion years.

http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~dubinski/merger/bigmerger.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Galaxies Classical Mechanics - Linear Momentum = Collisions in Two Dimensions - Rotational Dynamics = Conservation of Angular Momentum	- Lower Undergraduate - Middle School - High School - Informal Education - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2007 John Dubinski
Keywords:: angular momentum, momentum, collision between galaxies
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created October 8, 2007 by Christopher Bares
Record Updated:: August 2, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 8, 2007
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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J. Dubinski, (2007), WWW Document, (http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~dubinski/merger/bigmerger.html).

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J. Dubinski, The Metamorphosis of the Local Group (2007), <http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~dubinski/merger/bigmerger.html>.

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Dubinski, J. (2007, October 8). The Metamorphosis of the Local Group. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~dubinski/merger/bigmerger.html

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Dubinski, John. The Metamorphosis of the Local Group. October 8, 2007. http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~dubinski/merger/bigmerger.html (accessed 24 April 2024).

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Dubinski, John. The Metamorphosis of the Local Group. 2007. 8 Oct. 2007. 24 Apr. 2024 <http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~dubinski/merger/bigmerger.html>.

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