The absolute proper motion of palomar 12: A case for tidal capture from the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1892-1905

  Dinescu, Dana I ^a   Majewski, Steven R ^a   Girard, Terrence M ^b   Cudworth, Kyle M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual (Sagittarius); Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Globular clusters: individual (Palomar 12)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012791909     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301552     Document Type: Article

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