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The Magellanic Stream

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

W. L. H. Shuter
W. L. H. Shuter*
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Abstract

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This model was devised in an attempt to resolve the discrepancy between the values derived for the mass of the Galaxy from distant satellites and from the Magellanic Stream. In contrast to most previous models, the orbit of the Magellanic Cloud system is not bound to the Galaxy, and the Stream was developed as the result of a tidal encounter between M31 and the Magellanic Cloud system about 6 Byr ago.

Type
The LMC-SMC-Galaxy System
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 483 - 484
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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