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Warped and Hooked: Mapping the Magellanic Clouds in Three Dimensions Using Red Clump Stars

  • Authors: Slater J. Oden, David L. Nidever, Joshua Povick, Pol Massana, Yumi Choi, Roeland P. van der Marel, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Joanna Sakowska, Knut A. G. Olsen, Lara Cullinane, Danny Horta, Andres Almeida, J. A. Carballo-Bello, D. Crnojević, P. S. Ferguson, C. E. Martínez-Vázquez, G. E. Medina, B. Mutlu-Pakdil, M. Navabi, A. B. Pace, A. H. Riley, Guy S. Stringfellow, A. K. Vivas, David J. James

Slater J. Oden et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1003 .

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Caption: Figure 6.

Left: center-of-mass estimates for the LMC. Right: same as the left, but for the SMC. The centers derived from our original RC samples are shown as red open circles. Completeness-corrected samples are indicated by black “C” markers, and incomplete samples by dark blue triangles. Literature estimates are overplotted for comparison: stellar kinematic centers (blue “K”) from Y. Choi et al. (2022; LMC) and A. E. Piatti (2021; SMC); photometric centers (maroon “P”) from R. P. van der Marel & M.-R. L. Cioni (2001; LMC) and M. L. Mateo (1998; SMC); H I kinematic centers (magenta “H”) from S. Kim et al. (1998; LMC) and S. Stanimirović et al. (2004; SMC); and—for the LMC—the H. Rathore et al. (2025) center (orange “R”) and the S. Vijayasree et al. (2025) center (purple “V”). Table 1 summarizes all center estimates.

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