An astronomical distance determination method using regression with skew-normal errors

Laurent Eyer; Marc G. Genton

An astronomical distance determination method using regression with skew-normal errors

Laurent Eyer, Marc G. Genton

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Abstract

One of the most fundamental long-standing problems of Astronomy has been the evaluation of distances to celestial objects. It took 16 centuries of investigations and human ingenuity to replace, on observable grounds, the paradigm of a celestial sphere of fixed stars with a moving and deep cosmos.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Skew-Elliptical Distributions and Their Applications
Subtitle of host publication	A Journey Beyond Normality
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	309-319
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9780203492000
ISBN (Print)	9781584884316
State	Published - Jan 1 2004

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An astronomical distance determination method using regression with skew-normal errors

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