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Sextans Dwarf 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.
Sextans Dwarf	300 kpc	Local Group		satellite galaxy	1990	A dwarf companion to the Milky Way. Discovered by computer.	Milky Way

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