{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7207833350","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","title":"An updated census of the Vast Polar Structure member galaxies","display_name":"An updated census of the Vast Polar Structure member galaxies","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-21","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7207833350","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202662780"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S205231332","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics","issn_l":"0004-6361","issn":["0004-6361","1432-0746"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-a","jufo-3","ki-jl-2","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319748","host_organization_name":"EDP Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319748","https://openalex.org/P4310319982"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["EDP Sciences","Science Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Astronomy & Astrophysics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["arxiv","crossref","datacite","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025778766","display_name":"Alberto Manuel Mart\u00ednez-Garc\u00eda","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-3872","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-3872"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Alberto Manuel Mart\u00ednez-Garc\u00eda","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5025778766"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":1650,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":1865},"apc_paid":{"value":1650,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":1865},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.65475261,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10026","display_name":"Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena","score":0.9735999703407288,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3103","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10026","display_name":"Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena","score":0.9735999703407288,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3103","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10039","display_name":"Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies","score":0.02199999988079071,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3103","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10744","display_name":"Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations","score":0.00039999998989515007,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3103","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/milky-way-satellites","display_name":"Milky Way satellites","score":0.6389999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dwarf-galaxies","display_name":"dwarf galaxies","score":0.6940000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/structural-parameters","display_name":"structural parameters","score":0.6639999747276306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/kim-1","display_name":"KIM-1","score":0.7950000166893005}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52130261","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39825","display_name":"Census","level":3,"score":0.6741999983787537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98444146","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318","display_name":"Galaxy","level":2,"score":0.6269000172615051},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.5806000232696533},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1276947","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333","display_name":"Astronomy","level":1,"score":0.5292999744415283},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44870925","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37547","display_name":"Astrophysics","level":1,"score":0.5246999859809875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.4952000081539154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555520305","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321","display_name":"Milky Way","level":3,"score":0.48399999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37119246","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190438","display_name":"Dwarf galaxy","level":3,"score":0.42289999127388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.4146000146865845},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29705727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294562","display_name":"Polar","level":2,"score":0.38940000534057617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778623024","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1436016","display_name":"Stellar population","level":4,"score":0.3749000132083893},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779652233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3944","display_name":"Local Group","level":4,"score":0.35109999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134786449","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3391255","display_name":"Planar","level":2,"score":0.27869999408721924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.2711000144481659},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188525179","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190397","display_name":"Irregular galaxy","level":5,"score":0.2687000036239624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781010120","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49957","display_name":"Large Magellanic Cloud","level":3,"score":0.26089999079704285}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S205231332","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics","issn_l":"0004-6361","issn":["0004-6361","1432-0746"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-a","jufo-3","ki-jl-2","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319748","host_organization_name":"EDP Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319748","https://openalex.org/P4310319982"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["EDP Sciences","Science Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Astronomy & Astrophysics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2609.02245","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.02245","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.02245","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.02245","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2609.02245","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2609.02245","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202662780","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S205231332","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics","issn_l":"0004-6361","issn":["0004-6361","1432-0746"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-a","jufo-3","ki-jl-2","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319748","host_organization_name":"EDP Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319748","https://openalex.org/P4310319982"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["EDP Sciences","Science Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Astronomy & Astrophysics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1175115578","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"AEI//10.13039/501100011033/","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1381791653","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CEX2021-001131-S","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1401168639","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"MICIU/AEI/10","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1855990336","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":".13039/501100011033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2262748287","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"501100011033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2309174360","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"10.13039","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G252646220","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"MICIU/ AEI /10.13039/501100011033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2660406951","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"/ AEI/10","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G294895050","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G300979063","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"10.13039/501100011033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3480869486","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"13039","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3518538256","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"13039","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G425668148","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":".13039/501100011033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G430777504","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"10.13039/501100011033/","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G463062595","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CEX2021\u2010 001131\u2010S","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5080475149","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"10.13039","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5421974903","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"501100011033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5894067328","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CEX2021-001131-","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7084143925","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"AEI/10","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","funder_display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8575141037","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"MICIU/AEI/10.13039","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G99296377","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"/AEI/10.13039/ 501100011033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335598","display_name":"Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n","ror":"https://ror.org/003x0zc53"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7207833350.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7207833350.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4387892123","https://openalex.org/W2569987894","https://openalex.org/W4415689172","https://openalex.org/W1938572173","https://openalex.org/W2117351052","https://openalex.org/W4414431210","https://openalex.org/W2168858131","https://openalex.org/W4406267494","https://openalex.org/W2765343865","https://openalex.org/W7099979230"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"Vast":[1],"Polar":[2],"Structure":[3],"(VPOS)":[4],"is":[5],"a":[6,71],"thin,":[7],"planar":[8,164],"arrangement":[9],"of":[10,27,38,44,51,65,73,103,159],"dwarf":[11],"galaxies":[12,30,106],"oriented":[13],"almost":[14],"perpendicular":[15],"to":[16,35,63],"the":[17,25,42,45,60,86,101,125,156,160],"Milky":[18],"Way":[19],"(MW)":[20],"disc.":[21],"Since":[22],"its":[23,163],"discovery,":[24],"census":[26,62,123],"VPOS":[28,66,96,104,127],"member":[29,67,105,128],"has":[31],"progressively":[32],"expanded":[33],"thanks":[34],"continuous":[36],"findings":[37],"new":[39,147],"dwarfs":[40,76],"in":[41,85],"vicinity":[43],"MW":[46,75],"and":[47,80,119,144,167],"increasingly":[48],"precise":[49],"measurements":[50],"their":[52,90],"phase-space":[53],"coordinates.":[54],"In":[55],"this":[56,151],"work,":[57],"we":[58,93,154],"present":[59],"largest":[61],"date":[64],"galaxies,":[68],"building":[69],"on":[70,89],"sample":[72],"73":[74],"for":[77],"which":[78],"positional":[79],"kinematic":[81],"data":[82],"are":[83,107,113],"available":[84],"literature.":[87],"Based":[88],"orbital":[91],"poles,":[92],"identify":[94],"22":[95],"members.":[97],"We":[98],"note":[99],"that":[100],"majority":[102],"co-rotating,":[108],"while":[109],"only":[110],"three":[111],"systems":[112],"counter-rotating":[114],"(Bootes":[115],"III,":[116,141],"Kim":[117,136,138],"1,":[118,137],"Sculptor).":[120],"Our":[121],"revised":[122],"increases":[124],"known":[126],"population":[129],"by":[130],"nearly":[131],"50%,":[132],"introducing":[133],"Delve":[134],"4,":[135],"3,":[139],"Eridanus":[140],"Pictor":[142],"II,":[143],"YMCA-1":[145],"as":[146],"on-plane":[148],"dwarfs.":[149],"From":[150],"updated":[152],"census,":[153],"revise":[155],"structural":[157],"parameters":[158],"VPOS,":[161],"confirming":[162],"(c/a":[165],"=0.27)":[166],"remarkably":[168],"thin":[169],"(15":[170],"kpc)":[171],"nature.":[172]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-06T12:05:46.655746","created_date":"2026-09-04T00:00:00"}