The mass of the Milky Way: Limits from a newly assembled set of halo objects

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 899-911

  Sakamoto, T ^a   Chiba, M ^b   Beers, T C ^c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: fundamental parameters; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Stars: horizontal branch

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; KINEMATICS; PHOTOMETRY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BAYESIAN LIKELIHOOD APPROACH; GALACTIC SATELLITES; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL; HALO OBJECTS; MILKY WAY; SATELLITE GALAXIES; STARS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0037253013     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021499     Document Type: Article

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