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The galactic circular velocity near the sun
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
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The conventional value of the galactic circular velocity near the Sun is Vo = 250 km s−1 (Schmidt 1965). Recently both lower (Mathewson) et al., 1974; Einasto et al., 1976) and higher (Lynden-Bell and Lin, 1977) values have been suggested. The following summarizes our dynamical determinations of Vo. Altogether six independent methods have been used.
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- IV. GALACTIC KINEMATICS AND DISTANCES
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 84: The Large-Scale Characteristics of the Galaxy , 1979 , pp. 231 - 232
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- Copyright © Reidel 1979
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