A large local rotational speed for the Galaxy found from proper motions: Implications for the mass of the Milky Way

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 524, Issue 1 PART 2, 1999, Pages

  Méndez, René A ^a   Platais, Imants ^b   Girard, Terrence M ^b   Kozhurina Platais, Vera ^b   Van Altena, William F ^b  

^a CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Celestial mechanics, stellar dynamics; Galaxy: fundamental parameters; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: structure; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: kinematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039164086     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/312292     Document Type: Article

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