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The determination of R o by comparison of stellar radial velocities and radio tangent-point observations is shown to be unreliable because the radio and the optical observations sample different parts of the Galaxy. The most reliable method for determining R o seems still to be the direct analysis of the radial velocities of stars with known heliocentric distances. The value so found, Ro = 10.4±0.7 kpc, is not sensitive to the form of the velocity field which is assumed.
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Ovenden, M.W., Byl, J. (1983). On the Determination of R o . In: Shuter, W.L.H. (eds) Kinematics, Dynamics and Structure of the Milky Way. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 100. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7060-1_11
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