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Positional Astronomy and Stellar Masses

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Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities

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In this paper are surveyed the combinations of data needed for mass determinations, the impact of radial-velocity and speckle observations, the 1983 catalog of visual-binary orbits, the current material for main-sequence and red-dwarf masses and the controversial methods and results on low mass objects.

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  1. Department of Astronomy, Swarthmore College, USA

    W. D. Heintz

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  1. Kitt Peak National Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    D. S. Hayes

  2. Department of Physics, University of Milan, Italy

    L. E. Pasinetti

  3. Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA

    A. G. Davis Philip

  4. Union College, Schenectady, New York, USA

    A. G. Davis Philip

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Heintz, W.D. (1985). Positional Astronomy and Stellar Masses. In: Hayes, D.S., Pasinetti, L.E., Philip, A.G.D. (eds) Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities. International Astronomical Union, vol 111. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5456-4_5

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