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I guess I'm fundamentally pushing back on the idea that it has to be at the extreme end of a phenomenon to be interesting. I think the phenomenon of tiny satell
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
I guess I'm fundamentally pushing back on the idea that it has to be at the extreme end of a phenomenon to be interesting. I think the phenomenon of tiny satellite galaxies is interesting, full stop. far more remarkable than something being the smallest. Any distribution will have a smallest element, it follows from the distribution existing at all. Similarly, if satellite in orbit of Andromeda I don't see the value of bringing whataboutism into it.
- sega_sai 2y agoI was just puzzled to see this paper posted, when we have discovered tens of objects like this over last years. Again, no harm done here, really, but I thought the context is useful.