The orientation of satellite galaxies: Evidence of elongation in the direction of the host

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 644, Issue 1, 2006, Pages L25-L28

  Agustsson, Ingolfur ^a   Brainerd, Tereasa G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: halos; Gravitational lensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049119492     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505465     Document Type: Article

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