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| Leo II comparison table | |||||||
| Subject | has distance from galaxy center | is part of | is a kind of | is an instance of | has discovery date | has definition | orbit |
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| Leo dwarf | dwarf elliptical galaxy | Two dwarf elliptical galaxies (about 220-250 kpc distant) belonging to the Local Group. Leo I (dE3), Mv ≈ - 11, diameter 1.8 kpc; Leo II, Mv = -9.5, diameter 1.3 kpc. | |||||
| Leo II | 720000 light-years | Local Group | Leo dwarf | 1950 | The second most distant galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. Like Leo I, Leo II is a dwarf galaxy that was discovered in 1950. | Milky Way |