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The main components of our Galaxy are (1) the disk (thin and thick), which is rapidly rotating; (2) the bulge; (3) the metal weak halo, which rotates very slowly, and (4) the dark corona, which provides most of the mass. Near the sun, there is no rotationally intermediate population.
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Freeman, K.C. (1990). Our Fossil Galaxy. In: Wielen, R. (eds) Dynamics and Interactions of Galaxies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75273-5_6
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