A Galactic Center Mass Model with no Black Hole

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Session 97 -- Milky Way
Oral presentation, Wednesday, 11, 1995, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

[97.05] A Galactic Center Mass Model with no Black Hole

G.V. Bicknell, P. Saha, and P.J. McGregor (Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories)

We show that the observed stellar kinematics in the central few parsecs of the Galaxy can be accounted for by a simple mass model with $M/L_K$ varying from $\simeq1$ to $\simeq2$ and no central massive object.

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