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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 591, 期 1, 页码 L33-L36出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/376961
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Galaxy : halo; Galaxy : structure; ISM : clouds; radio lines : ISM
Observations with the Green Bank Telescope of 21 cm H I emission from the high-velocity cloud complex H suggest that it is interacting with the Milky Way. A model in which the cloud is a satellite of the Galaxy in an inclined, retrograde circular orbit reproduces both the cloud's average velocity and its velocity gradient with latitude. The model places complex H at R = 33 +/- 9 kpc from the Galactic center on a retrograde orbit inclined approximate to45degrees to the Galactic plane. At this location, it has a mass in H I of greater than 6 x 10(6) M. and dimensions of at least 10 x 5 kpc. Some of the diffuse H I associated with the cloud has apparently been decelerated by interaction with Galactic gas. Complex H has similarities to the dwarf irregular galaxy Leo A and to some compact high-velocity clouds, and it has an internal structure nearly identical to parts of the Magellanic Stream, with a pressure P/k approximate to 100 cm(-3) K.
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