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Which Galaxy is named after Ferdinand

  1. Biggest Magellanic Cloud

  2. Magellanic cloud

  3. Tiny Magellanic cloud

  4. Large Magellanic cloud
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Explanation

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is named after the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, whose crew documented these satellite galaxies during their circumnavigation voyage in the 16th century. The LMC is the largest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

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