satellite galaxy

galaxy that orbits a larger galaxy due to gravitational attraction

Class type of: galaxy Q2495

Facts

1 property

Subclass of: galaxy

🏷️ Also known as

en satellite galaxy ar مجرة تابعة ar مجرات تابعة cs satelitní galaxie de Satellitengalaxie es galaxia satélite es galaxia satelite fa کهکشان اقماری fi satelliittigalaksi fr galaxie satellite he גלקסיית לוויין id galaksi satelit it galassia satellite ja 伴銀河 ko 위성은하 nl satellietsterrenstelsel pl galaktyka satelicka pl galaktyka satelitarna pt galáxia satélite ro galaxie satelit

🔖 Identifiers · 5

OpenAlex ID: C68447186
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Satellite Galaxies.JPG ↗
Freebase ID: /m/08g_r2
JSTOR topic ID (archived): satellite-galaxy
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 68447186

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🔗 Connections

Examples 5

Antlia 2, Andromeda XIX, Pisces Overdensity, Andromeda XIV, Ursa Major III

Subclass of 1

galaxy

← Is a list of 1

list of satellites of the Milky Way

← SNARC ID 1

Zabid

← TDKIV Wikibase ID 1

quarto

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Summary

satellite galaxy is a type of galaxy^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ satellite galaxy — subclass of (P279): galaxy. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_satellite-galaxy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{satellite galaxy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/satellite-galaxy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}}

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17w ago · Sanjeev bot bot · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Subclass of → galaxy

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