Leo II

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:spiral_galaxy
gptkbp:contains old stars
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Robert_G._Harrington
gptkbp:discovery_year 1950
gptkbp:distance_from_earth 690,000 light years
gptkbp:has irregular shape
no significant star formation
a halo of dark matter
gptkbp:has_luminosity about 1.5 million solar luminosities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leo II
gptkbp:is a member of the Leo constellation
one of the faintest galaxies known
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Virgo_constellation
gptkbp:mass approximately 10 million solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity very low metallicity
gptkbp:satellite_of gptkb:Virgo_cluster
gptkbp:type spheroidal galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Milky_Way's_satellite_galaxies
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6