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Limits on the orbital eccentricities of globular clusters

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By use of an inverse-square mass-model for the Galaxy, the range in eccentricies for the orbits of 57 globular clusters is computed. On the assumption that all clusters have the same apogalacticon distance, various values of this distance are considered. It is found that low eccentricities are possible for small apogalacticon distances.

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House, F., Wiegandt, R. Limits on the orbital eccentricities of globular clusters. Astrophys Space Sci 48, 191–197 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00643050

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