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Peculiarity of stellar kinematics in the solar vicinity
Author(s) -
Popova M.E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201311916
Subject(s) - stars , physics , kinematics , astrophysics , proper motion , open cluster , astronomy , motion (physics) , radial velocity , classical mechanics
The peculiar velocities of nearby stars are studied. We determine the solar velocity components from the radial velocities and proper motions of stars and open clusters. We show that nearby stars are not very suitable for the determination of the solar motion components because of peculiarities in their velocity distribution. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)