Detection of the Milky Way reflex motion due to the Large Magellanic Cloud infall
Detection of the Milky Way reflex motion due to the Large Magellanic Cloud infall
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The Large Magellanic Cloud is the most massive satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, with an estimated mass exceeding a tenth of the mass of the Milky Way
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–
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. Just past its closest approach of about 50 kpc, and flying past the Milky Way at an astonishing speed of 327 km s
−1
(ref.
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), the Large Magellanic Cloud can affect...
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Detection of the Milky Way reflex motion due to the Large Magellanic Cloud infall
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2397-3366
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10.1038/s41550-020-01254-3
