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I'm not even going so far as to say the supermassive black holes (SMBH) drives the momentum of the rotation of the galaxy. The SMBH is not nearly massive enough to significantly effect the majority of the galaxy. My point is all about the original formation of the galaxy and the conservation of angular momentum.
MeteorWayne,
I'll concede to your challenge to provide something 'definitive'. I gave a brief effort, but am short on time and came up with nothing. My statement has more to do with an intuitive notion based on the conservation of angular momentum. I just can't conceptualize a physical reality where the center of a system has a retrograde rotation (not counting the occasional capture event).
xXTheOneRavenXx":w8akfav8 said:derekmcd":w8akfav8 said:Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that supermassive black holes are the "source" of the rotation. Most definitely not. My point is all about the consveration of angular momentum of the original cloud of matter that formed the galaxy. You would be hard pressed to explain how a massive object that is some 10 million solar masses in the center of any closed system similar to our galaxy to be spinning retrograde to the rest of the system.
However, I do reserve the right to be wrong.
No, I'm not saying the galactic center is the source of the rotation, however I am saying that perhaps it is the galactic center that keeps the momentum of the galaxies rotation going in the same direct as it did during the time of the original cloud. Then again, as the cloud condensed, it "could" have formed the supermassive black hole at it's center during the same time frame as the stars surrounding it. Kind of the same concept as when stars form, then the surrounding gases condense to form planets, asteroids, etc... (awaits for this theory to be beheaded by MeteorWayne) lol.
I'm not even going so far as to say the supermassive black holes (SMBH) drives the momentum of the rotation of the galaxy. The SMBH is not nearly massive enough to significantly effect the majority of the galaxy. My point is all about the original formation of the galaxy and the conservation of angular momentum.
MeteorWayne,
I'll concede to your challenge to provide something 'definitive'. I gave a brief effort, but am short on time and came up with nothing. My statement has more to do with an intuitive notion based on the conservation of angular momentum. I just can't conceptualize a physical reality where the center of a system has a retrograde rotation (not counting the occasional capture event).