Velocity anti-correlation of diametrically opposed galaxy satellites in the low-redshift Universe

Nature

Volumn 511, Issue 7511, 2014, Pages 563-566

  Ibata, Neil G ^a   Ibata, Rodrigo A ^b   Famaey, Benoit ^b   Lewis, Geraint F ^c  

^a Lycée International des Pontonniers ^*  (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 84904987850     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13481     Document Type: Article

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