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The Orbits and Total Mass of the Magellanic Clouds

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arxiv 1511.03346 v1 pith:MM6S4BX2 submitted 2015-11-11 astro-ph.GA

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This proceeding overviews our current understanding of the orbital history and mass of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Specifically I will argue that the Clouds are on their first infall about our Milky Way and that their total masses are necessarily ~10 times larger than traditionally estimated. This conclusion is based on the recently revised HST proper motions of the Clouds and arguments concerning the binary status of the LMC-SMC pair and their baryon fractions

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