ABOUT STATISTICAL-PARALLAX ALGORITHMS

Authors
HECK A FERNLEY J
Citation
A. Heck et J. Fernley, ABOUT STATISTICAL-PARALLAX ALGORITHMS, Astronomy and astrophysics, 332(3), 1998, pp. 875-876
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
332
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
875 - 876
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1998)332:3<875:ASA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The results obtained by two algorithms of statistical parallaxes appli ed to a large sample of RR Lyrae stars are compared. They show no sign ificant difference and confirm the validity of the earlier approach ba sed on the principle of maximum likelihood.