A tiny stellar system may be a 'satellite of a satellite'
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“Astronomers have discovered an exceptionally faint stellar system named Fornax-7 near the Fornax dwarf galaxy. The system is remarkably small, containing only about 170 times the mass of the sun in stars.”
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