Estimate of Current Mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud from the Orphan-Chenab Tidal Stream

Hiroka T. Warren, Heidi Jo Newberg, Autumn G. Guffey +3

By fitting the tilt in the path of the Orphan-Chenab Stream (OCS), we conclude that the current mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) within 30 kpc is $4.7$-$5.1\times 10^{10}$…