Is there really a Lutz - Kelker bias? Reconsidering calibration with trigonometric parallaxes

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 338, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 891-902

  Smith, Haywood ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Methods: Statistical; Stars: Distances; Stars: Fundamental parameters

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; STARS;

ASTROMETRY; CONDITION; GRID METHODS; ISOLATED STAR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; PARALLAX ERROR; PROPERTY; STAR:DISTANCES; STARS:FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0141921544     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06167.x     Document Type: Article

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