An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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satellite galaxy
  کهکشان ِ بنده‌وار   
kahkešân-e bandevâr

Fr.: galaxie satellite   

A galaxy that orbits a larger one due to gravitational attraction. The Milky Way has at least ten satellite galaxies: the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Small Magellanic Cloud, Ursa Minor Dwarf, Draco Dwarf, Sculptor Dwarf, Sextans Dwarf, Carina Dwarf, Fornax Dwarf, Ursa Major I, and → Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy.

→ satellite; → galaxy.