... analysis

Appendix A is only available in elctronic form at http://www.aanda.org

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A detailed astrophysical explanation (not geometrical) for the errors in the definition of the plane will be given later in this section.

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The contribution to the force field due to the LG dwarf galaxies however cannot be estimated in the same way because the fluctuations are comparable to the instantaneous value.

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A different analysis based on the orbit integrations and proper motions of LG galaxies is in preparation (Pasetto & Chiosi 2006).

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