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What are Magellanic clouds? How were they discovered?

Answer 1

Magellanic clouds are two irregular shaped satellite galaxies orbiting milky way.

It was known to Polynesians and people living in Southern Hemisphere.

Europeans came to know about them after Ferdinand Magellan visited Southern Hemisphere traveled to Australia and other palaces.

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Answer 2
Declan Carroll
The erratic dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way are known as the Magellanic Clouds, named for the explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew who saw them during their circumnavigation of the Earth in the early 16th century.
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