An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Magellanic Bridge
  پل ِ ماژلانی  
pol-e Magellani
Fr.: pont magellanique  

A filament of → neutral hydrogen which connects the → Small Magellanic Cloud and → Large Magellanic Cloud. The Magellanic Bridge appears to result from a → close encounter between these two galaxies some 200 million years ago.

See also: → Magellanic; → bridge.