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The Helmi Stream is a stellar stream of the Milky Way galaxy. It started as a dwarf galaxy, now absorbed by the Milky Way as a stream. It was discovered in 1999, is formed of old stars deficient in heavy elements, and has a mass of 10 to 100 million solar masses. It was absorbed by the Milky Way some 6 to 9 billion years ago.[1]
The stream was named after Amina Helmi, who discovered this stellar stream after noticing this group of stars all moving at the same speed and in the same direction.[2][3] The Helmi Stream discovery affirmed theories that the merging of galaxies played a significant role in creating the giant structures of the Milky Way galaxy.[2]
In 2024 a subdwarf of spectral type sdT4 was identified as a possible member of the Helmi stream. The brown dwarf is called CWISE J155349.96+693355.2 has Vtan > 300 km/s and a poorly constrained radial velocity of +110 ±90 km/s.[4]
- ^ Scientific American, "Extragalactic Expat: Newfound Exoplanet Likely Came from Another Galaxy", John Matson , 18 November 2010
- ^ a b "Amina Helmi, the "archeologist of the Milky Way," explains how our own galaxy could unlock the mystery of dark matter". FBBVA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
The idea had already been mooted that the merging of small galaxies could have played a major part in forming today's giant structures. Helmi developed the tools that were able to test this hypothesis and confirm that it held true, at least for the Milky Way.
- ^ Skibba, Ramin (10 June 2021). "A galactic archaeologist digs into the Milky Way's history". Knowable Magazine. doi:10.1146/knowable-060921-1. S2CID 236290725. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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