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    Double Star mission operated alongside Cluster II from 2004 to 2007. The four identical Cluster II satellites study the impact of the Sun's activity on...
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    Local Group (redirect from Local Cluster)
    1012 solar masses each. Each has its own system of satellite galaxies: The Andromeda Galaxy's satellite system consists of Messier 32 (M32), Messier 110...
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    active galactic nucleus. Galaxies can also have satellites in the form of dwarf galaxies and globular clusters. The constituents of a galaxy are formed out...
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    gravitationally bound to the Sun. While most satellite galaxies are dwarf galaxies, satellite galaxies of large galaxy clusters can be much more massive. The Milky...
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  • three formations possible: trailing, cluster, and constellation. Trailing formations are formed by multiple satellites orbiting on the same path. Each one...
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  • on 4 June 1996. It carried the Cluster spacecraft, a constellation of four European Space Agency research satellites. The launch ended in failure due...
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    Berenices cluster, etc.). Measurements of the distance have elicited much controversy. Results prior to the launch of the Hipparcos satellite generally...
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    quasars Satellite galaxies List of satellite galaxies of the Milky Way List of Andromeda's satellite galaxies List of Triangulum's suspected satellite galaxies...
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    Star clusters are large groups of stars held together by self-gravitation. Two main types of star clusters can be distinguished: globular clusters are...
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  • consisted of two satellites: an Equatorial satellite (TC-1) and Polar satellite (TC-2). Double Star followed in the footsteps of ESA's Cluster mission by studying...
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