Astronomy:Kraken galaxy
From HandWiki
Short description: Hypothetical galaxy
The Kraken galaxy is a hypothetical galaxy that is proposed to have collided and merged with the Milky Way around 11 billion years ago. The Kraken contributed at least 13 (9%) of the surviving 150 globular clusters to the Milky Way. Its existence was first proposed in 2020.[1][2]
See also
- Sausage Galaxy, dwarf galaxy merged into Milky Way being its last major merger, cause for the Milky Way's thick disc and many halo stars.
- List of open clusters
- List of spiral galaxies
- Open cluster family
- Open cluster remnant
References
- ↑ Kruijssen, J.M. Diederik; Pfeffer, Joel L.; Chevance, Mélanie; Bonaca, Ana; Trujillo-Gomez, Sebastian; Bastian, Nate et al. (October 2020). "Kraken reveals itself – the merger history of the Milky Way reconstructed with the E-MOSAICS simulations". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 498 (2): 2472–2491. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa2452. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/498/2/2472/5893320. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ↑ Young, Monica (November 13, 2020). "Star Clusters reveal the "Kraken" in the Milky Way's past". Sky and Telescope. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/stellar-fossils-reveal-the-kraken-in-the-milky-ways-past/.
External links
 |  |
