High-velocity Star

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5105.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5105. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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A star that is moving with very high velocity relative to the Sun, usually 65 km s-1 or more, faster than the average velocity of stars in the solar neighborhood. High-velocity stars are usually part of the galactic halo and move in very elliptical orbits which are highly inclined to the galactic plane. Hence they do not share the revolution of the Sun and other stars in the spiral arms of the Ga...

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