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'''Satellite galaxies,''' also called '''dwarf galaxies''', were small galaxies that orbited larger galaxies. They contained many [[star]]s, but not as many as a larger [[galaxy]].
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'''Satellite Galaxies,''' also called '''Dwarf Galaxies,''' were small galaxies that orbited larger galaxies. The contained many [[star]]s, but not as many as a larger [[galaxy]]
[[Mutter's Spiral]] had a satellite galaxy called the Sculptor Dwarf galaxy or [[Galaxy Seven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'') It also had the two [[Magellanic Clouds]], called the Larger Magellanic Cloud and Smaller Magellanic Cloud. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Voyage (audio story)|The Last Voyage]]'')


[[Mutter's Spiral]] had a Satellite Galaxy called [[Galaxy Seven]], which was likely its seventh satellite galaxy.  ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Eyeless]]''). 
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In [[4126]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] were shown a map of the [[Tri-Galactic]] that was controlled by the [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire]], and it likely included satellite Galaxies and the [[Andromeda Galaxy]] and possibly others as well. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'')
 
In the [[43rd century]], Humans colonised the [[Canis Major Dwarf galaxy]], likely another satellite of Mutter's Spiral.  ([[DWBIT]]: [[#45]])
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Satellite galaxy

Satellite galaxies, also called dwarf galaxies, were small galaxies that orbited larger galaxies. They contained many stars, but not as many as a larger galaxy.

Mutter's Spiral had a satellite galaxy called the Sculptor Dwarf galaxy or Galaxy Seven. (PROSE: The Eyeless) It also had the two Magellanic Clouds, called the Larger Magellanic Cloud and Smaller Magellanic Cloud. (AUDIO: The Last Voyage)