Bibcode
Cepa, J.; Beckman, J. E.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 200, no. 1-2, July 1988, p. 21-25.
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1988
Citations
30
Refereed citations
24
Description
The authors used simple kinematic, dynamic and geometrical assumptions
to infer the orbital parameters of M32 and NGC 205 about M31. They find
that both galaxies rotate in a retrograde sense compared to M31
indicating a possible common origin independent of the mother galaxy.
Their periods, each ≅108yr, and their orbital radii,
≅12 kpc, are comparable, while the inclinations of their orbital
planes are -95° for M32 and 122° for NGC 205, with respect to
the plane of M31.