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The Kinematics of the Ultra‐faint Milky Way Satellites: Solving the Missing Satellite Problem

The Kinematics of the Ultra‐faint Milky Way Satellites: Solving the Missing Satellite Problem

We present Keck DEIMOS spectroscopy of stars in eight of the newly discovered ultra-faint dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way. We measure the velocity dispersions of Canes Venatici I, Canes Venatici II, Coma Berenices, Hercules, Leo IV, Leo T, Ursa Major I, and Ursa Major II from the velocities of …