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arxiv: astro-ph/0002057 · v1 · submitted 2000-02-02 · 🌌 astro-ph

The Warp of the Galaxy and the Orientation of the LMC Orbit

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After studying the orientation of a warp generated by a companion satellite, we show that the Galactic Warp would be oriented in a different way if the Magellanic Clouds were its cause. We have treated the problem analytically, and complemented it with numerical N-Body simulations.

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