The local solar motion and the scalelength of the Galactic disc

Authors
Feast, M
Citation
M. Feast, The local solar motion and the scalelength of the Galactic disc, M NOT R AST, 313(3), 2000, pp. 596-598
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00358711 → ACNP
Volume
313
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
596 - 598
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(20000411)313:3<596:TLSMAT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
It is suggested that the observed variation of velocity dispersion with asy mmetric drift is consistent with a local solar motion in the direction of G alactic rotation of similar to 11 km s(-1), together with a systematic vari ation of disc scalelength with age.