The detection and treatment of distance errors in kinematic analyses of stars

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Schonrich, R
Binney, J.
Asplund, Martin

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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We present a new method for detecting and correcting systematic errors in the distances to stars when both proper motions and line-of-sight velocities are available. The method, which is applicable for samples of 200 or more stars that have a significant

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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