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Recent evidence on the rotation curve of our galaxy for R > RO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

P. D. Jackson ,
M. P. FitzGerald  and
A. F. J. Moffat
P. D. Jackson
Affiliation:
University of Maryland
M. P. FitzGerald
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo
A. F. J. Moffat
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal

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Studies of the rotation curve of our Galaxy at galactocentric radii, R, greater than the solar distance, Ro, from the center require the use of conventional optical techniques since the distances to as well as the radial velocities of Population I objects are needed.

Type
IV. GALACTIC KINEMATICS AND DISTANCES
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 84: The Large-Scale Characteristics of the Galaxy , 1979 , pp. 221 - 224
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979 

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