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Published on 13 November 2018

The dance of the small galaxies that surround the Milky Way

IAC press release
© Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC)

Based on the article "Gaia DR2 proper motions of dwarf galaxies within 420 kpc
Orbits, Milky Way mass, tidal influences, planar alignments, and group infall
",
by T. K. Fritz et al

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018, 619, A103

Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Editor-in-Chief: T. Forveille
Letters Editor-in-Chief: J. Alves
Managing Editor: D. Elbaz

ISSN: 0004-6361 ; e-ISSN: 1432-0746
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