Gravitational detection of a low-mass dark satellite galaxy at cosmological distance

Nature

Volumn 481, Issue 7381, 2012, Pages 341-343

  Vegetti, S ^a   Lagattuta, D J ^b   McKean, J P ^c   Auger, M W ^d   Fassnacht, C D ^a   Koopmans, L V E ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; GRAVITY FIELD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

SAGITTARIUS;

EID: 84856020179     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10669     Document Type: Article

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