dwarf-spheroidal-galaxy

Noun

(plural dwarf spheroidal galaxies)

(astronomy) A faint galaxy, devoid of gas, having a higher than normal proportion of dark matter; especially those that orbit the Milky Way and Andromeda

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dSph

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