2.5 Gyr N-body simulation of the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC, respectively) are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way (MW). They have been interacting with each other and the MW over the past few billion years (Gyr). We modeled the interactions over 2.5 Gyr using the N-body code PKDGrav. This simulation includes the MW, LMC, and SMC and snapshots are saved every 20 million years (Myr). Each .ZIP file contains 500 Myr of snapshots. There are two close interactions between the LMC and SMC that occur at 1.26 and 2.06 Gyr into the run of the simulation. The snapshot where the location of the LMC relative to the MW is closest to observed is 2.2 Gyr into the run.