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| Leo I | ||||
| subject | fact | |||
| Leo I | is a part of Leo |  |
| is a part of Local Group | | |
| has distance from galaxy center 890000 light-years | | |
| has discovery date 1950 | | |
| orbits Milky Way | | |
| has definition The most distant galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. It is close to the bright star Regulus, whose glare interferes with the study of the galaxy. | | |
| is an instance of Leo dwarf | | |
| dwarf elliptical galaxy | has mass > 107 Msun (among the least massive galaxies) | |
| elliptical galaxy | has classification criteria E0 (spherical) to E7 (greatest eccentricity) | |
| galaxy | has number of stars 106 to 1012 | |
| has catalog galaxy catalog | | |
| celestial body | has spectra | |
| physical object | has location or center of gravity | |
| has angular momentum | | |
| has velocity | | |
| has momentum | | |
| has temperature | | |
| has volume | | |
| has extent | | |
| has material | |