First steps toward the determination of the escape velocity in the solar neighbourhood

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 402, 1997, Pages 591-594

  Meillon, L ^a   Crifo, F ^a   Gomez A ^a   Udry, S ^b   Mayor, M ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Escape velocity; Galactic kinematics; High velocity stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 5244251929     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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