And XII

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And XII is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located in the Local Group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
And XII canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV about −6.4 ⓘ
apparentBrightness faint ⓘ
belongsTo Andromeda satellite system ⓘ
category Dwarf galaxies ⓘ
Local Group galaxies ⓘ
Satellite galaxies of Andromeda ⓘ
constellation Andromeda ⓘ
darkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated ⓘ
discoveredBy Martin et al. ⓘ
discoveryMethod resolved stellar photometry ⓘ
discoveryYear 2006 ⓘ
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy approximately 115000 parsecs ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 900000 light-years ⓘ
environment outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
gasContent gas-poor ⓘ
hasStarFormation no current star formation detected ⓘ
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
locatedIn Local Group ⓘ
luminosity very low ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
metallicity low ⓘ
morphologicalType dSph ⓘ
otherName Andromeda 12 ⓘ
Andromeda XII ⓘ
radialVelocityRelativeToAndromedaGalaxy unbound or marginally bound ⓘ
radialVelocityRelativeToMilkyWay high ⓘ
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
shape spheroidal ⓘ
stellarPopulation old ⓘ
surfaceBrightness very low ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andromeda XII → otherName → And XII ⓘ