Unexpected stellar velocity distribution in the warped Galactic disk

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6675, 1998, Pages 471-473

  Smart, R L ^a   Drimmel, R ^a   Lattanzi, M G ^a   Binney, J J ^b  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; THEORY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032473995     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/33096     Document Type: Article

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