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==== Satellite disk problem ==== Dwarf galaxies around the [[Milky Way]] and [[Andromeda Galaxy|Andromeda]] galaxies are observed to be orbiting in thin, planar structures whereas the simulations predict that they should be distributed randomly about their parent galaxies.<ref name=Pawlowski>{{cite journal |first1=Marcel |last1=Pawlowski |display-authors=etal |title=Co-orbiting satellite galaxy structures are still in conflict with the distribution of primordial dwarf galaxies |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=442 |issue=3 |pages=2362β2380 |year=2014 |arxiv=1406.1799|doi=10.1093/mnras/stu1005 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2014MNRAS.442.2362P }}</ref> However, latest research suggests this seemingly bizarre alignment is just a quirk which will dissolve over time.<ref name="Sawala">{{cite journal |first1=Till |last1=Sawala |first2=Marius |last2=Cautun |first3=Carlos |last3=Frenk |display-authors=etal |title=The Milky Way's plane of satellites: consistent with ΞCDM|journal=Nature Astronomy |year=2022 |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=481β491 |arxiv=2205.02860|doi=10.1038/s41550-022-01856-z |bibcode=2023NatAs...7..481S|s2cid=254920916 }}</ref>
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