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Andromeda II comparison table

Subject	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has discovery date	has definition	has discoverer	orbit
satellite galaxy		dwarf galaxy			A galaxy that orbits a larger one. The Milky Way has at least ten satellite galaxies.
Andromeda II	Local Group		satellite galaxy	1972	Dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group. It is among the intrinsically faintest members of the Local Group.	van den Bergh	Andromeda galaxy

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