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Detection of the Milky Way reflex motion due to the Large Magellanic Cloud infall

Michael S. Petersen, Jorge Peñarrubia

2020Nature Astronomy110 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Topics & Concepts

Milky WayPhysicsAstrophysicsLarge Magellanic CloudAstronomyGalaxySatellite galaxyGalactic haloHaloGalactic coronaDark matter haloThick diskGravitational potentialStellar kinematicsDwarf galaxyGalactic tideAstrometryStar countLocal GroupGalactic CenterGalaxy formation and evolutionGalaxy rotation curveDark matterThin diskAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaStellar, planetary, and galactic studies