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Distribution of the high probability LMC member stars according to our 3D Jeans model (grey dots), rotated at angle ψ = 124°, so that the best-fit projected rotation axis is vertical and the major axis horizontal. The best-fit kinematic LMC centres are indicated with crosses, based on all stars with 3D velocities (blue cross), old stars (red cross), young stars (yellow cross), and the centre based on 2D kinematics from Gaia Collaboration (2021a, cyan cross). The large ellipse indicates the best-fit projected shape of the LMC disc, based on the axisymmetric Jeans model. The small ellipse indicates the shape of the bar, based on a photometric surface density fit (see Sect. 5). The dashed lines indicate the photometric centre, based on the surface density fit. The solid black line shows the bulk PM of the LMC.
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