A study of moving groups of stars in our galaxy
Numerous observations over the past decades have confirmed that the distribution of stellar velocities in the solar neighbourhood is not uniform. Certain concentrations of stars in the velocity field mean that there exist groups of stars moving in parallel orbits, with practically the same space vel...
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Language: | en |
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University of Canterbury. Physics and Astronomy
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5579 |