Tucana III stellar stream
E492374
The Tucana III stellar stream is a narrow, elongated trail of stars in the Milky Way’s halo, believed to be the remnants of a tidally disrupted dwarf galaxy or star cluster associated with the Tucana III system.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astrophysical structure
ⓘ
stellar stream ⓘ |
| alignedWith | orbit of Tucana III ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tucana III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | population of cold stellar streams ⓘ |
| category | Galactic stellar stream ⓘ |
| composedOf | stars ⓘ |
| contains |
member stars with similar chemical abundances
ⓘ
member stars with similar radial velocities ⓘ |
| describedAs |
elongated
ⓘ
narrow ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | astronomers studying Milky Way halo substructure ⓘ |
| environment | outer regions of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
hierarchical assembly of the Milky Way
ⓘ
tidal disruption of Tucana III system ⓘ |
| frameOfReference | Galactic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
leading arm
ⓘ
trailing arm ⓘ |
| hasDynamics | coherent stellar motions along the stream ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | thin stream ⓘ |
| isEvidenceOf | tidal stripping by the Milky Way ⓘ |
| kinematicallyAssociatedWith | Tucana III core NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Milky Way halo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn | optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| observedUsing | wide-field imaging surveys ⓘ |
| orbitalContext | Milky Way dark matter halo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Tucana III progenitor system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possibleOrigin |
tidally disrupted dwarf galaxy
ⓘ
tidally disrupted star cluster ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Tucana III dwarf galaxy candidate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tucana III star cluster candidate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
research on tidal streams
ⓘ
studies of low-mass satellite disruption ⓘ |
| traces |
Milky Way tidal field
ⓘ
orbit of Tucana III progenitor ⓘ |
| usedToStudy |
Milky Way gravitational potential
ⓘ
dark matter distribution in the Milky Way halo ⓘ dynamical evolution of dwarf galaxies ⓘ dynamical evolution of star clusters ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tucana