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Minimum of the Eccentricity of the Galactic Globular Cluster Orbits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Jacques Colin
Jacques Colin*
Affiliation:
Besançon Observatory, 25000 BESANCON (France)

Abstract

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We determine if the orbits of the galactic globular clusters can be circular, using a spherical logarithmic potential. If they are not, we calculate their perigalactic distances and we deduce a pseudo-eccentricity. Using a numerical and geometrical method, we obtain the minimum of all the possible pseudo-eccentricities for each cluster. The corresponding perigalactic distances are compared with the values given by Innanen et al. (1983) with a different method.

Type
May 30: Model System in the Point-Mass Approximation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 113: Dynamic of Stars Clusters , 1985 , pp. 309 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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