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Giant spiral galaxies are assembled from smaller
9 m2 ~. B3 D' \9 X( bsystems through a process known as hierarchical clustering. In orbit around ; r- U1 H9 F' R7 Q1 F$ ~
these giants are dwarf galaxies, which are presumably remnants of the galactic , H# V9 R0 h3 o- {
progenitors. Recent studies of the dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way have lead 6 {; i3 R8 M a; u, x
some astronomers to suspect that their orbits are not randomly distributed. This + u/ b$ R/ K& Q7 |
suspicion, which challenges current theories of galaxy formation, is now / S( |! V8 N% ?. Z) P/ c* q
bolstered by the discovery of a plane of dwarf galaxies corotating as a coherent
8 _0 }/ @6 n6 Z6 R% s- hpancake-like structure around the Andromeda galaxy, the Milky Way’s close , w8 ]1 ^$ B# v8 R
neighbour and in many respects its ‘twin’. The structure is extremely thin yet
% b8 z) D0 S$ W( `" O6 N3 R$ Pcontains about half of the dwarf galaxies in the Andromeda system. The authors
% Z4 c7 \# M6 g" a! Rreport that 13 of the 15 satellites in the plane share the same sense of
1 U6 M) I, b/ C) V; B4 K1 Z; r+ erotation. On the cover, a true colour image of the Andromeda galaxy, with two
6 ~" G/ A6 {1 X8 M/ h$ Q) ]; ~8 o2 ]satellite galaxies visible, by Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT) and Giovanni ' y+ I9 X2 B* s# r& C
Anselmi (Coelum Astronomia).9 i) K; f) c0 G) s' W7 F
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