NASA NTRS · 19740055727
The local mass density
Abstract
An improved mass-luminosity relation for faint main-sequence stars derived from recently revised masses for some faint double stars is presented. The total local mass density is increased to nearly 0.2 solar masses per cu pc. This estimate is as large as the mass density required by Oort's (1965) dynamical analysis of stellar motions perpendicular to the galactic plane if the mass is concentrated in a narrow layer.
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Veeder, G. J.. 1974-07-15. The local mass density. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19740055727
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