Planar distribution of the galaxies in the Local Group: A statistical and dynamical analysis

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 463, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 427-443

  Pasetto, S ^a   Chiosi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Local group; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; HAMILTONIANS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GALAXIES: DWARF; MILKY WAY; PLANAR DISTRIBUTION; STELLAR DYNAMICS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 33847387152     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066031     Document Type: Article

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