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On the possibility of determining the distance to the galactic center from the geometry of spiral arm segments. / Nikiforov, I. I.; Veselova, A. V.

в: Baltic Astronomy, Том 24, № 4, 01.01.2015, стр. 387-394.

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title = "On the possibility of determining the distance to the galactic center from the geometry of spiral arm segments",
abstract = "A new approach to determining the solar galactocentric distance, R0, from the geometry of spiral-arm segments is proposed. Geometric aspects of the problem are analyzed and a simpli¯ed three-point method for estimating R0 from objects in a spiral segment is developed in order to test the proposed approach. An estimate of R0 = 8:44 ± 0:45 kpc is obtained by applying the method to masers with measured trigonometric parallaxes, and statistical prop-erties of the R0 estimation from spiral segments are analyzed.",
keywords = "Galaxy: fundamental parameters, Galaxy: structure, Masers",
author = "Nikiforov, {I. I.} and Veselova, {A. V.}",
year = "2015",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "387--394",
journal = "Baltic Astronomy",
issn = "1392-0049",
publisher = "Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy",
number = "4",

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N2 - A new approach to determining the solar galactocentric distance, R0, from the geometry of spiral-arm segments is proposed. Geometric aspects of the problem are analyzed and a simpli¯ed three-point method for estimating R0 from objects in a spiral segment is developed in order to test the proposed approach. An estimate of R0 = 8:44 ± 0:45 kpc is obtained by applying the method to masers with measured trigonometric parallaxes, and statistical prop-erties of the R0 estimation from spiral segments are analyzed.

AB - A new approach to determining the solar galactocentric distance, R0, from the geometry of spiral-arm segments is proposed. Geometric aspects of the problem are analyzed and a simpli¯ed three-point method for estimating R0 from objects in a spiral segment is developed in order to test the proposed approach. An estimate of R0 = 8:44 ± 0:45 kpc is obtained by applying the method to masers with measured trigonometric parallaxes, and statistical prop-erties of the R0 estimation from spiral segments are analyzed.

KW - Galaxy: fundamental parameters

KW - Galaxy: structure

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