Table 1: Dwarf galaxies within the vicinity of the MW. The first column is a running number used throughout this text; the parentheses contain the running number used in Sect. 4 after excluding the SMC and UMi. D and eD are the distance and its uncertainty, respectively. l, b are the Galactic longitude and latitude, respectively, as seen from the Sun and defined such that l=0, b=0 points towards the Galactic centre which is assumed to lie at a distance $D_\odot =8.5$ kpc from the Sun, and l increases in anticlockwise direction. The Galactocentric distance of the dwarf is given by R. The name of the dwarf is given in the 7th column. The data are from Mateo (1998, Table 2), except that for the LMC D and eD are taken from Salaris et al. (2003) and Clementini et al. (2003), and likewise for the SMC from Dolphin et al. (2001). The remaining columns contain the plane-fitting results for the innermost N dwarves (Sect. 3): $R_{\rm cut}$ is the largest distance to the Galactic centre of this sample, and the fitted plane has a root-mean square height $\Delta$ and a distance to the Galactic centre $D_{\rm P}$ . For comparison, the final column lists the root-mean-square height $\Delta _2(R_{\rm cut})$ for samples of $4\times 10^5$ theoretical dwarves with an isotropic isothermal radial number density profile (p=2) and radial cutoff $R_{\rm cut}$ .
satellite
D eD l b R Name $R_{\rm cut}$ $\Delta$ $\Delta/R_{\rm cut}$ $D_{\rm P}$ $\Delta_2$

number
[kpc] [kpc] [deg] [deg] [kpc] [kpc] [kpc] [kpc] [kpc]

1(1)
24 2 5.6 -14.1 16 Sgr - - - - -

2(2) 50.8 2.2 280.5 -32.9 50 LMC - - - - -

3(-) 59.7 2.2 302.8 -44.3 57 SMC - - - - -

4(-) 66 3 105.0 +44.8 68 UMi 68 2.5 0.04 0.6 23

5(3) 79 4 287.5 -83.2 79 Sculptor 79 11.8 0.15 3.0 27

6(4) 82 6 86.4 +34.7 82 Draco 82 11.0 0.13 3.2 28

7(5) 86 4 243.5 +42.3 89 Sextans 89 13.5 0.15 1.2 30

8(6) 101 5 260.1 -22.2 103 Carina 103 14.2 0.14 1.4 34

9(7) 138 8 237.1 -65.7 140 Fornax 140 23.9 0.17 2.0 47

10(8) 205 12 220.2 +67.2 208 LeoII 208 23.2 0.11 1.9 69

11(9) 250 30 226.0 +49.1 254 LeoI 254 26.4 0.10 1.9 85

12(10) 445 30 272.2 -68.9 445 Phoenix 445 32.0 0.07 2.1 148

13(11) 490 40 25.3 -18.4 483 NGC 6822 483 86.4 0.18 3.5 161

14(12) 690 100 196.9 +52.4 695 Leo A 695 100 0.14 3.5 232

15(13) 880 40 322.9 -47.4 875 Tucana 875 123 0.14 3.5 292

16(14) 955 50 94.8 -43.5 956 Pegasus 956 159 0.17 3.3 319

**Table 1:** Dwarf galaxies within the vicinity of the MW. The first column is a running number used throughout this text; the parentheses contain the running number used in Sect. 4 after excluding the SMC and UMi. D and eD are the distance and its uncertainty, respectively. l, b are the Galactic longitude and latitude, respectively, as seen from the Sun and defined such that l=0, b=0 points towards the Galactic centre which is assumed to lie at a distance $D_\odot =8.5$ kpc from the Sun, and l increases in anticlockwise direction. The Galactocentric distance of the dwarf is given by R. The name of the dwarf is given in the 7th column. The data are from Mateo (1998, Table 2), except that for the LMC D and eD are taken from Salaris et al. (2003) and Clementini et al. (2003), and likewise for the SMC from Dolphin et al. (2001). The remaining columns contain the plane-fitting results for the innermost N dwarves (Sect. 3): $R_{\rm cut}$ is the largest distance to the Galactic centre of this sample, and the fitted plane has a root-mean square height $\Delta$ and a distance to the Galactic centre $D_{\rm P}$ . For comparison, the final column lists the root-mean-square height $\Delta _2(R_{\rm cut})$ for samples of $4\times 10^5$ theoretical dwarves with an isotropic isothermal radial number density profile (p=2) and radial cutoff $R_{\rm cut}$ .
satellite	D	eD	l	b	R	Name	$R_{\rm cut}$	$\Delta$	$\Delta/R_{\rm cut}$	$D_{\rm P}$	$\Delta_2$
number	[kpc]	[kpc]	[deg]	[deg]	[kpc]		[kpc]	[kpc]		[kpc]	[kpc]
1(1)	24	2	5.6	-14.1	16	Sgr	-	-	-	-	-
2(2)	50.8	2.2	280.5	-32.9	50	LMC	-	-	-	-	-
3(-)	59.7	2.2	302.8	-44.3	57	SMC	-	-	-	-	-
4(-)	66	3	105.0	+44.8	68	UMi	68	2.5	0.04	0.6	23
5(3)	79	4	287.5	-83.2	79	Sculptor	79	11.8	0.15	3.0	27
6(4)	82	6	86.4	+34.7	82	Draco	82	11.0	0.13	3.2	28
7(5)	86	4	243.5	+42.3	89	Sextans	89	13.5	0.15	1.2	30
8(6)	101	5	260.1	-22.2	103	Carina	103	14.2	0.14	1.4	34
9(7)	138	8	237.1	-65.7	140	Fornax	140	23.9	0.17	2.0	47
10(8)	205	12	220.2	+67.2	208	LeoII	208	23.2	0.11	1.9	69
11(9)	250	30	226.0	+49.1	254	LeoI	254	26.4	0.10	1.9	85
12(10)	445	30	272.2	-68.9	445	Phoenix	445	32.0	0.07	2.1	148
13(11)	490	40	25.3	-18.4	483	NGC 6822	483	86.4	0.18	3.5	161
14(12)	690	100	196.9	+52.4	695	Leo A	695	100	0.14	3.5	232
15(13)	880	40	322.9	-47.4	875	Tucana	875	123	0.14	3.5	292
16(14)	955	50	94.8	-43.5	956	Pegasus	956	159	0.17	3.3	319

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	1 Introduction
	2 Dwarf galaxies near the Milky Way
	3 The satellite plane
	4 The likelihood
	5 Concluding remarks
	References