Milky Way's satellite galaxies

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Name
(in distance)		 Diameter (ly) orbital
radius
(ly)		 Type Discovered
I Canis Major Dwarf - 25,000 Irr 2003
II Sagittarius Dwarf - 81,000 Irr 1994
III LMC - 160,000 Irr 1519
IV SMC - 190,000 Irr 1519
V Ursa Minor Dwarf - 205,500 dE4 1954
VI Draco Dwarf - 248,000 dE0 1954
VII Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy - 254,000 dE3 1937
VIII Sextans Dwarf - 257,500 dE3 1990
IX Carina Dwarf - 283,500 dE3 1977
X Ursa Major Dwarf - 330,000 - 2005
XI Fornax Dwarf - 427,000 dE2 1938
XII Leo II - 701,000 dE0 1950
XIII Leo I - 890,000 dE3 1950
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Galactic Core: Center of the Milky Way
Spiral Arms: Carina Arm | Crux Arm | Cygnus Arm | Norma Arm | Orion Arm | Perseus Arm | Sagittarius Arm | Scutum Arm
Location: Universe | Virgo Supercluster | Local Group
Satellite galaxies: Boötes Dwarf | Canes Venatici Dwarf | Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy | Carina Dwarf | Draco Dwarf | Fornax Dwarf | Large Magellanic Cloud | Leo I | Leo II | Sag DEG | Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy | Sextans Dwarf | Small Magellanic Cloud | Ursa Major Dwarf | Ursa Minor Dwarf | Virgo Stellar Stream
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