Wempe, Ewoud (2018) Did Leo I collide with the Magellanic Clouds? Bachelor's Thesis, Astronomy.
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Abstract
Because of its high velocity at its large distance, Leo I could be unbound. Although it is rare to have unbound satellites at Leo I’s distance, a possible explanation for this would be that it had an encounter with the Magellanic Clouds. In this thesis, this possibility is explored. For a combination of possible Galactic potentials and Magellanic Clouds profiles, the probability that the Magellanic Clouds had an encounter with Leo I was evalu- ated. Few such orbits were found: in the model where an encounter was most likely (this model combines heavy Magellanic Clouds with a light Milky Way), only 4.36% of the realizations satisfied the strong encounter criterion. When only considering realizations where the LMC and Leo I are not currently at their minimum distance, the probability becomes 9.98%.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Helmi, A. |
| Degree programme: | Astronomy |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2018 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2018 09:57 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/18394 |
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