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Carina galaxy comparison table

Subject	has distance from galaxy center	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has discovery date	has definition	orbit
satellite galaxy			dwarf galaxy			A galaxy that orbits a larger one. The Milky Way has at least ten satellite galaxies.
Carina galaxy	350000 light-years	Local Group		satellite galaxy	1977	A dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.	Milky Way

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