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The Fate of the Milky Way–Andromeda System: To Merge or Not?

  • Authors: Hao Wu, Yang Huang, Huawei Zhang, Guangze Sun, Shi Shao

Hao Wu et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 6.

Dependence of the satellite-induced reflex motion effect on the adopted M31 PM. The color scale indicates the magnitude of such an effect, quantified as the difference in merger probability (fm) between the three-body and two-body configurations (three-body minus two-body). In the top panel, the additional satellite is the LMC, and in the bottom panel, it is M33. Symbol conventions follow those of Figure 5.

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