Cyclones in the sky
Posted by Ari Jokimäki on September 7, 2014
Tropical cyclone Larry:
Galaxy NGC 1232:
Category: 5
Morphological type code: 5.0 +/- 0.4
Speed of movement: 25 km/h
Radial velocity: 1600 km/s
Maximum Wind Gusts: up to 290 km/h
Apparent maximum rotation velocity of gas: 100 km/s
Radius of Destructive Winds: 120 km
Major radius: 26 kpc (~ 813,000,000 billion km)
Larry’s data: Earth Science Australia
NGC 1232’s data: HyperLeda and NED
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