Circular pattern/Linear sketch pattern on uneven guideline

Hi all.

Is it possible to create either a circular or linear sketch pattern of this circle (A), with 9-degree spacing along with the dotted line where the current circle is? 


So that means, there'll be 40 of the circles along the dotted line where the current circle on A is.  Not sure whether I'm making any sense.  I've been pulling my head to figure it out.  I know I can just manually do a circular pattern on the 9 degree line like this but then to create the circle, I just don't want to do it manually.  Taking way too much time. 

Thought?  Please advise?

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