Milky Way's satellite galaxies

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Name
(in distance)		 Diameter (ly) orbital
radius
(ly)		 Type Discovered
I Canis Major Dwarf - 25,000 Irr 2003
II Sagittarius Dwarf - 81,000 Irr 1994
III LMC - 160,000 Irr 1519
IV SMC - 190,000 Irr 1519
V Ursa Major II Dwarf - 200,000 - 2006
VI Ursa Minor Dwarf - 205,500 dE4 1954
VII Draco Dwarf - 248,000 dE0 1954
VIII Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy - 254,000 dE3 1937
IX Sextans Dwarf - 257,500 dE3 1990
X Carina Dwarf - 283,500 dE3 1977
XI Ursa Major I Dwarf - 330,000 - 2005
XII Fornax Dwarf - 427,000 dE2 1938
XIII Leo II - 701,000 dE0 1950
XIV Leo I - 890,000 dE3 1950
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