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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Comoving_and_proper_distances/55cYbfbY">Comoving coordinates</a> for an example of another convenient astronomical reference frame.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Frank H Shu (1982). The Physical Universe. University Science Books. p. 261. ISBN 0-935702-05-9. <a href="0-935702-05-9" target="_blank">0-935702-05-9</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"LOCAL STANDARD OF REST definition and meaning". Collins English Dictionary. November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023. <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/local-standard-of-rest" target="_blank">https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/local-standard-of-rest</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>James Binney; Michael Merrifield (1998). Galactic Astronomy. Princeton University Press. p. 536. ISBN 0-691-02565-7. <a href="0-691-02565-7" target="_blank">0-691-02565-7</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Reid, M.; et al. (10 March 2014). "Trigonometric Parallaxes of High Mass Star Forming Regions: The Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way". The Astrophysical Journal. 783 (2): 130 (14pp). arXiv:1401.5377. Bibcode:2014ApJ...783..130R. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/130. S2CID 119186799. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Mark Reid; et al. (2008). "Mapping the Milky Way and the Local Group". In F. Combes; Keiichi Wada (eds.). Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies. Springer. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-0-387-72767-7. <a href="978-0-387-72767-7" target="_blank">978-0-387-72767-7</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>The Sun's peculiar motion relative to the LSR is 13.4 km/s. See, for example, Binney, J. & Merrifield, M. (6 September 1998). "§10.6". op. cit. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02565-7. or E.E. Mamajek (2008). "On the distance to the Ophiuchus star-forming region". Astron. Nachr. AN 329 (1): 12; §2.3. arXiv:0709.0505. Bibcode:2008AN....329...10M. doi:10.1002/asna.200710827. S2CID 14027548. <a href="0-691-02565-7" target="_blank">0-691-02565-7</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Steven R. Majewski1 (2008). "Precision Astrometry, Galactic Mergers, Halo Substructure and Local Dark Matter". Proceedings of IAU Symposium 248. 3: 450–457. arXiv:0801.4927. Bibcode:2008IAUS..248..450M. doi:10.1017/S1743921308019790. S2CID 18252986.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Reid, M.; et al. (10 March 2014). "Trigonometric Parallaxes of High Mass Star Forming Regions: The Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way". The Astrophysical Journal. 783 (2): 130 (14pp). arXiv:1401.5377. Bibcode:2014ApJ...783..130R. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/130. S2CID 119186799. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Reid, M.; et al. (20 July 2009). "Trigonometric Parallaxes of High Mass Star Forming Regions. VI. Galactic Structure, Fundamental Parameters, and Noncircular Motions". The Astrophysical Journal. 700 (1): 137–148. arXiv:0902.3913. Bibcode:2009ApJ...700..137R. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/700/1/137. S2CID 11347166. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Dehnen, W.; Binney, J.J. (October 1998). "Local stellar kinematics from HIPPARCOS data". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 298 (2): 387–394. arXiv:astro-ph/9710077. Bibcode:1998MNRAS.298..387D. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01600.x. S2CID 15936627. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1365-8711.1998.01600.x" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1365-8711.1998.01600.x</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Bovy, J.; et al. (10 November 2012). "The Milky Way's Circular-velocity Curve between 4 and 14 kpc from APOGEE data". The Astrophysical Journal. 759 (2): 131 (20pp). arXiv:1209.0759. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759..131B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/759/2/131. S2CID 119279938. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>