Patrick Elliott wrote:
> Tidal forces from a spinning black hole "could" pull stars into a 
> spiral. That would make sense.

Actually, I think the problem is that the calculations show that if you 
start with a somewhat symetrical distribution of stars, you wind up with 
a more symetrical rather than less symetrical distribution of stars 
after a couple of orbits. I.e., gravity *won't* pull a galaxy into a 
barred-spiral shape, as is so common out there.


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