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.