NGC 4513 has a large and very faint ring[7] that is quite separated from the main galactic disk.[8] The disk is gaseous and counter-rotates with respect to the inner disc. The outer part of the inner disc exhibits a population of counter-rotating stars that may be related to the outer ring.[8][3] The observed counter-rotation suggests that the ring resulted from the accretion of gas from the passage of another galaxy.[3] However, Ilyina et al. proposed that the ring is the result of a satellite galaxy vertically impacting onto the central part of NGC 4513 as the ring is bright in UV and is symmetric.[9]
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