Simple, accurate, approximate orbits in the logarithmic and a range of power-law galactic potentials

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1347-1360

  Struck, Curtis ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645228025     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500196     Document Type: Article

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