The mass of the Galaxy.
Abstract
The authors discuss the observational constraints on the mass distribution in the outer Galaxy and compare these constraints to simple theoretical models.
- Publication:
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1146/annurev.aa.29.090191.002205
- Bibcode:
- 1991ARA&A..29..409F
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Mass;
- Galactic Structure;
- Mass Distribution;
- Milky Way Galaxy;
- Astronomical Models;
- Computational Astrophysics;
- Dark Matter;
- Galactic Rotation;
- Local Group (Astronomy);
- Stellar Mass;
- Astrophysics;
- Galaxy: Mass;
- Galaxy: Dynamics;
- Galaxy: Dark Matter;
- Galaxy: Structure