
The preferred direction of infalling satellite galaxies in the Local Group
Authors: Noam I Libeskind, Alexander Knebe, Yehuda Hoffman, Stefan Gottloeber, Gustavo Yepes, Matthias Steinmetz
http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.1531
"It becomes apparent from this figure, that as the MW and M31 travel towards virgo they scoop up subhalos in their path. These subhalos reside in a filamentary like structure that also points in the direction of Virgo."

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