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Positional Astronomy and Stellar Masses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

W. D. Heintz
W. D. Heintz*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Swarthmore College

Abstract

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In this paper are surveyed the combinations of data needed for mass determinations, the impact of radial-velocity and speckle observations, the 1983 catalog of visual-binary orbits, the current material for main-sequence and red-dwarf masses and the controversial methods and results on low mass objects.

Type
1. Review Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 111: Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities , 1985 , pp. 71 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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