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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A9" title="مجرة قزمة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مجرة قزمة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxa_nana" title="Galaxa nana – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Galaxa nana" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A5" title="বামন ছায়াপথ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বামন ছায়াপথ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89-si%C3%B3_g%C3%AEn-h%C3%B4" title="É-sió gîn-hô – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="É-sió gîn-hô" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5" title="Галактика джудже – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Галактика джудже" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patuljasta_galaksija" title="Patuljasta galaksija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Patuljasta galaksija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A0xia_nana" title="Galàxia nana – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Galàxia nana" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trpasli%C4%8D%C3%AD_galaxie" title="Trpasličí galaxie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Trpasličí galaxie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galassia_nannara" title="Galassia nannara – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Galassia nannara" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dv%C3%A6rggalakse" title="Dværggalakse – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dværggalakse" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwerggalaxie" title="Zwerggalaxie – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Zwerggalaxie" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4%C3%A4busgalaktika" title="Kääbusgalaktika – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kääbusgalaktika" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Νάνος γαλαξίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νάνος γαλαξίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_galaxy" title="Dwarf galaxy – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Dwarf galaxy" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxia_enana" title="Galaxia enana – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Galaxia enana" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_galaksio" title="Nana galaksio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Nana galaksio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxia_nano" title="Galaxia nano – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Galaxia nano" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%87%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87" title="کهکشان کوتوله – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کهکشان کوتوله" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_naine" title="Galaxie naine – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Galaxie naine" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxia_anana" title="Galaxia anana – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Galaxia anana" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%9C%EC%86%8C%EC%9D%80%ED%95%98" title="왜소은하 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="왜소은하" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%B3%D5%A1%D5%B3_%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A1" title="Գաճաճ գալակտիկա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գաճաճ գալակտիկա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80" title="बौनी गैलेक्सी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बौनी गैलेक्सी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patuljasta_galaktika" title="Patuljasta galaktika – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Patuljasta galaktika" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaksi_katai" title="Galaksi katai – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Galaksi katai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galassia_nana" title="Galassia nana – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Galassia nana" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%AA" title="גלקסיה ננסית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גלקסיה ננסית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaksi_kat%C3%A9" title="Galaksi katé – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Galaksi katé" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwerggalaxie" title="Zwerggalaxie – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Zwerggalaxie" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B6rpegalaxis" title="Törpegalaxis – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Törpegalaxis" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D1%83%D1%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Џуџеста галаксија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Џуџеста галаксија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaksi_kerdil" title="Galaksi kerdil – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Galaksi kerdil" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%9C%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%86%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AF" title="ဂလက်ဆီပု – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂလက်ဆီပု" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwergsterrenstelsel" title="Dwergsterrenstelsel – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dwergsterrenstelsel" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%AE%E5%B0%8F%E9%8A%80%E6%B2%B3" title="矮小銀河 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="矮小銀河" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dverggalakse" title="Dverggalakse – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dverggalakse" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dverggalakse" title="Dverggalakse – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Dverggalakse" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxia_nana" title="Galaxia nana – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Galaxia nana" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitti_Gallaktika" title="Mitti Gallaktika – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mitti Gallaktika" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%A3%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE" title="ਬੌਣੀ ਆਕਾਸ਼ਗੰਗਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬੌਣੀ ਆਕਾਸ਼ਗੰਗਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="نکا تارا سمندر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="نکا تارا سمندر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaktyka_kar%C5%82owata" title="Galaktyka karłowata – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Galaktyka karłowata" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1xia_an%C3%A3" title="Galáxia anã – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Galáxia anã" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_pitic%C4%83" title="Galaxie pitică – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Galaxie pitică" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Карликовая галактика – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Карликовая галактика" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trpasli%C4%8Dia_galaxia" title="Trpasličia galaxia – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Trpasličia galaxia" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritlikava_galaksija" title="Pritlikava galaksija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Pritlikava galaksija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%99%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Патуљаста галаксија – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Патуљаста галаксија" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patuljasta_galaksija" title="Patuljasta galaksija – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Patuljasta galaksija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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lang="en" dir="ltr"><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UGC_9128.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/UGC_9128.jpg/300px-UGC_9128.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/UGC_9128.jpg/450px-UGC_9128.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/UGC_9128.jpg/600px-UGC_9128.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3856" data-file-height="3786" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=UGC_9128&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="UGC 9128 (not yet started)">UGC 9128</a> is a dwarf irregular galaxy, it probably contains only around one hundred million stars.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>dwarf galaxy</b> is a small <a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">galaxy</a> composed of up to several billion <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">stars</a>. This is a small number compared to our own <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a>'s 200–400 billion stars. The <a href="/wiki/Large_Magellanic_Cloud" class="mw-redirect" title="Large Magellanic Cloud">Large Magellanic Cloud</a>, containing over 30 billion stars, is sometimes classified as a dwarf galaxy and sometimes as a full-fledged galaxy orbiting the Milky Way galaxy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation_of_dwarf_galaxies">Formation of dwarf galaxies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dwarf_galaxy&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Formation of dwarf galaxies" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dwarf_galaxy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Formation of dwarf galaxies"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most galaxies, including dwarf galaxies, form in association with <a href="/wiki/Dark_matter" title="Dark matter">dark matter</a> or out of gas containing metals. However, NASA's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Galaxy_Evolution_Explorer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galaxy Evolution Explorer (not yet started)">Galaxy Evolution Explorer</a> space probe identified new dwarf galaxies forming out of gases lacking metals. These galaxies were in the Leo Ring, a cloud of hydrogen and helium around two massive galaxies in the constellation <a href="/wiki/Leo_(constellation)" title="Leo (constellation)">Leo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-New_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dwarf galaxies can be pulled toward and ripped by neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Spiral_galaxies" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiral galaxies">spiral galaxies</a> till they ultimately merge.<sup id="cite_ref-" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_dwarfs">Local dwarfs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dwarf_galaxy&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Local dwarfs" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dwarf_galaxy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Local dwarfs"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phoenix_dwarf_galaxy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Phoenix_dwarf_galaxy.jpg/220px-Phoenix_dwarf_galaxy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Phoenix_dwarf_galaxy.jpg/330px-Phoenix_dwarf_galaxy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Phoenix_dwarf_galaxy.jpg/440px-Phoenix_dwarf_galaxy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="669" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_dwarf_galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix dwarf galaxy">Phoenix dwarf galaxy</a> is a dwarf irregular galaxy, with younger stars in its inner regions and older ones at its outskirts.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>There are many dwarf galaxies in the <a href="/wiki/Local_Group" title="Local Group">Local Group</a>: these small galaxies frequently orbit around larger galaxies, such as the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Andromeda Galaxy">Andromeda Galaxy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Triangulum_Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Triangulum Galaxy">Triangulum Galaxy</a>. A 2007 paper has suggested that many dwarf galaxies were created by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tidal_forces&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tidal forces (not yet started)">tidal forces</a> during the early evolution of the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Andromeda Galaxy">Andromeda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tidal dwarf galaxies are produced when galaxies collide and their gravitational masses interact. Streams of galactic material are pulled out away from the parent galaxies and the halos of dark matter that surround them.<sup id="cite_ref-New_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Milky Way has more than 20 known dwarf galaxies orbiting it. Recent observations suggest the largest <a href="/wiki/Globular_cluster" title="Globular cluster">globular cluster</a> in the Milky Way, <a href="/wiki/Omega_Centauri" title="Omega Centauri">Omega Centauri</a>, is actually the core of a dwarf galaxy with a <a href="/wiki/Black_hole" title="Black hole">black hole</a> in its center. 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