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- abbreviation astronomy
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
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The hypervelocity stars allow determination of the Galactic potential out to 120 kpc, independently of and at larger distances than is afforded by tidal streams of satellite galaxies such as the Sagittarius dSph galaxy.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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