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Andromeda XIV
Dwarf galaxy escaping the local group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andromeda XIV (And XIV) is a small satellite of the Andromeda galaxy classed as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy.[1]
It has a extreme speed of 481 kilometers per second placing this galaxy at the escape velocity of the Andromeda galaxy. This would mean that this galaxy is not part of the local group of galaxies and is instead an isolated dwarf galaxy just passing through.[1]
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