On the Possibility of Determining the Distance to the Galactic Center from the Geometry of Spiral Arm Segments
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 simplified three-point method for estimating R0 from objects in a spiral segment is developed in order to test the proposed a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Open Astronomy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0240 |