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First Steps Towards a Physical Classification of Elliptical Galaxies

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Recent work proves that Hubble morphological type E includes two types of objects with quite different physical properties: disky systems, which can be interpreted as the end of the sequence of lenticular galaxies for vanishingly small bulge-to-disk ratios, and the boxy galaxies which might be the result of mergers. Observational evidences in support of this result are presented.

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  1. Astronomical Observatory, 35122, Padova, Italy

    M. Capaccioli

  2. Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory, 80131, Napoli, Italy

    G. Longo

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  1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Giuseppina Fabbiano

  2. AURA Inc., Washington, DC, USA

    John S. Gallagher

  3. Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Italy

    Alvio Renzini

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Capaccioli, M., Longo, G. (1990). First Steps Towards a Physical Classification of Elliptical Galaxies. In: Fabbiano, G., Gallagher, J.S., Renzini, A. (eds) Windows on Galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 160. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0543-6_4

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