The interstellar cloud surrounding the Sun: a new perspective

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Table 1

Comparison of the velocity vectors.

	l (°)	b (°)	V (km s^-1)

Heliocentric reference frame
Ulysses vector	183.36 ± 0.54	−15.94 ± 0.62	26.24 ± 0.45
IBEX vector	185.25 ± 0.24	−12.03 ± 0.51	23.2 ± 0.3
comp1 mean vector^a	185.33 ± 0.86	−12.42 ± 0.70	24.22 ± 0.19
comp1 mean vector^b
(origin for θ_m)	185.84 ± 0.83	−12.79 ± 0.67	25.53 ± 0.26

LSR reference frame
Mean comp 1^b	169.53 ± 1.38	5.81 ± 1.10	15.08 ± 0.27

Cloud reference frame (Sect. 3.3)
Cloud minor axis:
(origin for θ_d)	174.2 ± 5.2	−12.1 ± 4.2

Notes.

^(a)

Mean velocity vector derived from all Components 1.

^(b)

Mean velocity vector derived from Components 1, after replacing the 17 Hyades sight lines by one virtual average sightline.

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