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2014ApJ...786..144N - Astrophys. J., 786, 144 (2014/May-2)

Discovery of a tidal dwarf galaxy in the Leo triplet.

NIKIEL-WROCZYNSKI B., SOIDA M., BOMANS D.J. and URBANIK M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of a dwarf galaxy in the Leo Triplet. Analysis of the neutral hydrogen distribution shows that it rotates independently of the tidal tail of NGC 3628, with a radial velocity gradient of 35-40 km/s over approximately 13 kpc. The galaxy has an extremely high neutral gas content, accounting for a large amount of its total dynamic mass and suggesting a low amount of dark matter. It is located at the tip of the gaseous tail, which strongly suggests a tidal origin. If this is the case, it would be one of the most confident and nearest (to the Milky Way) detections of a tidal dwarf galaxy and, at the same time, the object most detached from its parent galaxy (~140 kpc) of this type.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: groups: individual: (Arp 317, Leo Triplet) - galaxies: interactions - intergalactic medium

Simbad objects: 7

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