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Three Studies' Estimated Average Velocity of LMCResearchers Study year Estimated average velocity Murai and Fujimoto 1980 344 km/s Kallivayalil and colleagues 2006 378 km/s Gardiner and colleagues 1994 297 km/s
In 2006, Nitya Kallivayalil and colleagues calculated the most accurate estimate yet of the average velocity (in kilometers per second) of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) galaxy. Before the 2006 study, estimates of the average velocity were low enough for the LMC to maintain an orbit around the Milky Way galaxy, but according to an analysis by Gurtina Besla and colleagues, the estimated velocity from the 2006 study is too high for the LMC to maintain such an orbit. Therefore, if Besla and colleagues are correct, the maximum average velocity for the LMC that would allow it to maintain orbit around the Milky Way is likely ______blank
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?