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Observed axis ratio (top) and inclination angle (bottom) as a function of the percent error on the distance for a fixed input value of both parameters, as indicated by the labels. The simulation shows that at larger distance errors, the observed bar is more elongated than its true counterpart, and its observed major axis tends to align with the Sun-GC direction.
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