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Fornax galaxy
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Fornax galaxyis a part of Fornax2001-09-27 09:31:13.0
is a part of Local Group2001-09-27 09:31:13.0
has distance from galaxy center 440000 light-yearshas source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:31:13.0
has distance 190 kpchas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:13.0
has discovery date 1938has source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:31:13.0
orbits Milky Way2001-09-27 09:31:13.0
has mass 2 × 107 Msunhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:13.0
has definition A dwarf spheroidal galaxy, in the Local Group, that orbits the Milky Way. (Mv ≈ -12).has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:13.0
is an instance of satellite galaxyhas source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:31:13.0
galaxyhas number of stars 106 to 10122001-09-27 09:31:09.0
has catalog galaxy catalog2001-09-27 09:31:09.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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