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A vast, thin plane of corotating dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy

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  • Rodrigo A. Ibata

    (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l’Université, F-67000 Strasbourg, France)

  • Geraint F. Lewis

    (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, A28, The University of Sydney)

  • Anthony R. Conn

    (Macquarie University)

  • Michael J. Irwin

    (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK)

  • Alan W. McConnachie

    (NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V9E 2E7, Canada)

  • Scott C. Chapman

    (Dalhousie University, 6310 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada)

  • Michelle L. Collins

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie)

  • Mark Fardal

    (University of Massachusetts, LGRT 619-E, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9305, USA)

  • Annette M. N. Ferguson

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • Neil G. Ibata

    (Lycée International des Pontonniers, 1 rue des Pontonniers, F-67000 Strasbourg, France)

  • A. Dougal Mackey

    (The Australian National University, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, Australian Capital Province 2611, Australia)

  • Nicolas F. Martin

    (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l’Université, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
    Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie)

  • Julio Navarro

    (University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 5C2, Canada)

  • R. Michael Rich

    (University of California, Los Angeles, PAB, 430 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547, USA)

  • David Valls-Gabaud

    (LERMA, UMR CNRS 8112, Observatoire de Paris, 61 Avenue de l’Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France)

  • Lawrence M. Widrow

    (Engineering Physics, and Astronomy, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N, Canada)

Abstract

About half of the satellites in the Andromeda galaxy (M 31), all with the same sense of rotation about their host, form a planar subgroup that is extremely wide but also very thin.

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  • Rodrigo A. Ibata & Geraint F. Lewis & Anthony R. Conn & Michael J. Irwin & Alan W. McConnachie & Scott C. Chapman & Michelle L. Collins & Mark Fardal & Annette M. N. Ferguson & Neil G. Ibata & A. Doug, 2013. "A vast, thin plane of corotating dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7430), pages 62-65, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7430:d:10.1038_nature11717
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11717
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