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8 December 1990

Supergremlins, or rather, super-script gremlins, took over ‘The Galactic
empire’ in last week’s issue. The Large Magellanic Cloud has 2 x 10 ¹⁰
solar masses, the Small Magellanic Cloud 2 x 10 ⁹, Fornax 2 x
10 ⁷ and the Milky Way 10 ¹².

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