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| Fornax galaxy comparison table | |||||||||
| Subject | has distance from galaxy center | is part of | is a kind of | is an instance of | has discovery date | has mass | has definition | has distance | orbit |
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| satellite galaxy | dwarf galaxy | A galaxy that orbits a larger one. The Milky Way has at least ten satellite galaxies. | |||||||
| Fornax galaxy | 440000 light-years | Local Group | satellite galaxy | 1938 | 2 × 107 Msun | A dwarf spheroidal galaxy, in the Local Group, that orbits the Milky Way. (Mv ≈ -12). | 190 kpc | Milky Way |
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