A problem of distance

Bohdan Paczynski ()
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Bohdan Paczynski: Princeton University

Nature, 2004, vol. 427, issue 6972, 299-300

Abstract: How far is the Pleiades star cluster from Earth? The latest measurement suggests that there is a problem with data from the Hipparcos satellite, which will have repercussions for estimating other astronomical distances.

Date: 2004
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