The remnant of a merger between two dwarf galaxies in Andromeda II

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N. C. Amorisco
N. W. Evans
G. van de Ven
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[1] Dark Cosmology Centre,
[2] Niels Bohr Institute,undefined
[3] University of Copenhagen,undefined
[4] Juliane Maries Vej 30,undefined
[5] 2100 Copenhagen,undefined
[6] Denmark,undefined
[7] Institute of Astronomy,undefined
[8] University of Cambridge,undefined
[9] Madingley Road,undefined
[10] Cambridge CB3 0HA,undefined
[11] UK,undefined
[12] Max Planck Institute for Astronomy,undefined
[13] Königstuhl 17,undefined
[14] 69117 Heidelberg,undefined
[15] Germany,undefined
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Nature | 2014年 / 507卷
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At the lowest galactic mass scales, evidence of a merger between two galaxies is provided by the kinematic detection of a stellar stream — indicative of an accretion event — in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Andromeda II, one of the satellite galaxies of Andromeda.
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