K-term

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K-term

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Milky Way Galaxy
Solar motion calculations from radial velocities
…is often employed a “K-term,” a term that is added to the equations to account for systematic errors, the stream motions of stars, or the expansion or contraction of the member stars of the reference frame. Recent determinations of solar motion from high-dispersion radial velocities have suggested that most…
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…is often employed a “K-term,” a term that is added to the equations to account for systematic errors, the stream motions of stars, or the expansion or contraction of the member stars of the reference frame. Recent determinations of solar motion from high-dispersion radial velocities have suggested that most…
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