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The apparently early evolutionary state of the Magellanic Clouds, while they are coeval with the Galaxy in their earliest star condensations, may be due to perturbation by the Galaxy as well as to their low mass and low density. Whereas classical barred spirals are probably characterised by large angular momentum, the Clouds may owe their ‘barred’ and asymmetrical distribution, including departure of the centre of rotation from the geometrical centre, to local fluctuations in H1 density and rate of star formation at different epochs. Comparison is made with some other asymmetrical galaxies.
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Burbidge, E.M. (1971). Importance of Magellanic Clouds Studies for Extra-Galactic Work. In: Muller, A.B. (eds) The Magellanic Clouds. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6906-4_21
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