Boötes III has σ_v ≈ 1.7 km/s, a recent ~9.5 kpc pericenter on a polar eccentric orbit, and is actively tidally disrupting, with debris broadly consistent with the Styx stream.
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300S stellar stream exhibits three density peaks, smooth width variations, a possible 4.7 degree gap, and a kink modeled as resulting from Large Magellanic Cloud interaction across its full known footprint.
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Bo\"otes III is a Tidally Disrupting Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy on an Eccentric Polar Orbit
Boötes III has σ_v ≈ 1.7 km/s, a recent ~9.5 kpc pericenter on a polar eccentric orbit, and is actively tidally disrupting, with debris broadly consistent with the Styx stream.
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Sifting for a Stream: The Morphology of the $300S$ Stellar Stream
300S stellar stream exhibits three density peaks, smooth width variations, a possible 4.7 degree gap, and a kink modeled as resulting from Large Magellanic Cloud interaction across its full known footprint.