Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002apj...570..190b&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 570, Issue 1, pp. 190-197.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Galaxies: Kinematics And Dynamics, Methods: Data Analysis
Scientific paper
The kinematics of 1817 stars of class O-B5 are examined. The 1655 stars with distances up to 1 kpc are taken from the Hipparcos catalog and 162 stars with distances greater than 1 kpc from Westlin's study of OB stars. The Ogorodnikov-Milne model of Galactic kinematics, with Edmondson's second-order terms included, is used for the equations of condition and mixed total least squares-least squares (TLS-LS) is used for the reduction method. Reasonable values for the parameters of Galactic kinematics are obtained. In particular, Oort A and B constants yield a Galactic rotation of 258.7+/-34.29 km s-1 if we take the distance of the Sun from the Galactic center as 8.5+/-1.1 kpc. Although lower than the higher values obtained by some other investigators and higher than the IAU's recommended 220+/-20 km s-1, all the determinations fall with their stated mean errors. Thus, no evidence for a significant difference in the various determinations exists. Evidence does exist, however, to assert that the TLS-LS reduction model with second-order terms seems superior to ordinary least-squares with only first-order terms.
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