Crater 2 Dwarf

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Antlia_2/ghpgNM74">Antlia 2</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Satellite_galaxies_of_the_Milky_Way/eJEwRM6g">Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Local_Group/kjUefCLr">Local Group</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Centre_de_donn%25C3%25A9es_astronomiques_de_Strasbourg/Hm4pKLBL">CDS</a> Aladin previewer: <a href="http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/alapre.pl?-c=11+49+14.400+-18+24+46.80&button=RGB">image.</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170305001537/http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/alapre.pl?-c=11+49+14.400+-18+24+46.80&button=RGB">Archived</a> 2017-03-05 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li>
<li>CDS <a href="/facts/Aladin_Sky_Atlas/9E7dQn5k">Aladin</a> Lite: <a href="http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/?target=11%2049%2014.40000000-18%2024%2046.8000000&fov=1.3333333333333333&survey=P%2fDSS2%2fcolor">image.</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Torrealba, G.; Koposov, S. E.; Belokurov, V.; Irwin, M. (2016). "The feeble giant. Discovery of a large and diffuse Milky Way dwarf galaxy in the constellation of Crater". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459 (3): 2370–2378. arXiv:1601.07178. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.459.2370T. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw733. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstw733" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstw733</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Croswell, Ken (14 April 2016). "Never-before-seen galaxy spotted orbiting the Milky Way". New Scientist. Retrieved 14 April 2016. <a href="/wiki/Ken_Croswell" target="_blank">/wiki/Ken_Croswell</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Croswell, Ken (14 April 2016). "Never-before-seen galaxy spotted orbiting the Milky Way". New Scientist. Retrieved 14 April 2016. <a href="/wiki/Ken_Croswell" target="_blank">/wiki/Ken_Croswell</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Torrealba, G.; Koposov, S. E.; Belokurov, V.; Irwin, M. (2016). "The feeble giant. Discovery of a large and diffuse Milky Way dwarf galaxy in the constellation of Crater". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459 (3): 2370–2378. arXiv:1601.07178. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.459.2370T. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw733. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstw733" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstw733</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Croswell, Ken (14 April 2016). "Never-before-seen galaxy spotted orbiting the Milky Way". New Scientist. Retrieved 14 April 2016. <a href="/wiki/Ken_Croswell" target="_blank">/wiki/Ken_Croswell</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Howard, Jacqueline (2016-04-16). "Elusive Dwarf Galaxy Found Orbiting Our Milky Way". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-04-19. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dwarf-galaxy-crater-2_us_57110c70e4b06f35cb6f5d5f" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dwarf-galaxy-crater-2_us_57110c70e4b06f35cb6f5d5f</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Ji, Alexander P.; Koposov, Sergey E.; Li, Ting S.; Erkal, Denis; Pace, Andrew B.; Simon, Joshua D.; Belokurov, Vasily; Cullinane, Lara R.; Da Costa, Gary S.; Kuehn, Kyler; Lewis, Geraint F.; MacKey, Dougal; Shipp, Nora; Simpson, Jeffrey D.; Zucker, Daniel B.; Hansen, Terese T.; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; S5 Collaboration (2021). "Kinematics of Antlia 2 and Crater 2 from the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S 5)". The Astrophysical Journal. 921 (1): 32. arXiv:2106.12656. Bibcode:2021ApJ...921...32J. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac1869. S2CID 235624056.{{cite journal}}:  CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Fac1869" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Fac1869</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Borukhovetskaya, Alexandra; Navarro, Julio F.; Errani, Raphaël; Fattahi, Azadeh (2022). "Galactic tides and the Crater II dwarf spheroidal: A challenge to LCDM?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512 (4): 5247–5257. arXiv:2112.01540. Bibcode:2022MNRAS.512.5247B. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac653. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstac653" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstac653</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>Ji, Alexander P.; Koposov, Sergey E.; Li, Ting S.; Erkal, Denis; Pace, Andrew B.; Simon, Joshua D.; Belokurov, Vasily; Cullinane, Lara R.; Da Costa, Gary S.; Kuehn, Kyler; Lewis, Geraint F.; MacKey, Dougal; Shipp, Nora; Simpson, Jeffrey D.; Zucker, Daniel B.; Hansen, Terese T.; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; S5 Collaboration (2021). "Kinematics of Antlia 2 and Crater 2 from the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S 5)". The Astrophysical Journal. 921 (1): 32. arXiv:2106.12656. Bibcode:2021ApJ...921...32J. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac1869. S2CID 235624056.{{cite journal}}:  CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Fac1869" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Fac1869</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:10"><p>Borukhovetskaya, Alexandra; Navarro, Julio F.; Errani, Raphaël; Fattahi, Azadeh (2022). "Galactic tides and the Crater II dwarf spheroidal: A challenge to LCDM?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512 (4): 5247–5257. arXiv:2112.01540. Bibcode:2022MNRAS.512.5247B. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac653. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstac653" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstac653</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:11"><p>McGaugh, Stacy S. (2016-11-14). "MOND Prediction for the Velocity Dispersion of the 'Feeble Giant' Crater II". The Astrophysical Journal. 832 (1): L8. arXiv:1610.06189. Bibcode:2016ApJ...832L...8M. doi:10.3847/2041-8205/832/1/L8. ISSN 2041-8213. S2CID 51764960. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3847%2F2041-8205%2F832%2F1%2FL8" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3847%2F2041-8205%2F832%2F1%2FL8</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:12"><p>Caldwell, Nelson; Walker, Matthew G.; Mateo, Mario; Olszewski, Edward W.; Koposov, Sergey; Belokurov, Vasily; Torrealba, Gabriel; Geringer-Sameth, Alex; Johnson, Christian I. (2017-04-10). "Crater 2: An Extremely Cold Dark Matter Halo". The Astrophysical Journal. 839 (1): 20. arXiv:1612.06398. Bibcode:2017ApJ...839...20C. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa688e. hdl:10150/623952. ISSN 1538-4357. S2CID 119422981. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Faa688e" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Faa688e</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Crater 2 Dwarf