Tidal disruption of the magellanic clouds by the milky way

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6695, 1998, Pages 752-754

  Putman, M E ^a   Gibson, B K ^a   Staveley Smith, L ^b   Banks, G ^c   Barnes, D G ^b   Bhatal, R ^d   Disney, M J ^c   Ekers, R D ^b   Freeman, K C ^a   Haynes, R F ^b   Henning, P ^e   Jerjen, H ^a   Kilborn, V ^f   Koribalski, B ^b   Knezek, P ^g   Malin, D F ^h   Mould, J R ^a   Oosterloo, T ⁱ   Price, R M ^b   Ryder, S D ^j   Sadler, E M ^k   Stewart, I ^b   Stootman, F ^d   Vaile, R A ^d   Webster, R L ^f   Wright, A E ^b   more..

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

ⁱ Ist di Fisica Cosmica G Occhialini   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GRAVITY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032552137     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29466     Document Type: Article

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