Mass distribution in the central few parsecs of our galaxy

Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Oh, Seungkyung ^a,b   Kim, Sungsoo S ^a,c   Figer, Donald F ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: Center; Galaxy: Kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450202099     PISSN: 12254614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5303/JKAS.2009.42.2.017     Document Type: Article

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