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Astrophysics

systematic bias in which stars selected by measured trigonometric parallax have, on average, overestimated parallaxes and underestimated distances.

In astrophysics, Lutz-Kelker bias refers to systematic bias in which stars selected by measured trigonometric parallax have, on average, overestimated parallaxes and underestimated distances. This meaning comes from Lutz (1973) in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.[1]

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References

Lutz, T. E., & Kelker, D. H. (1973). On the Use of Trigonometric Parallaxes for the Calibration of Luminosity Systems: Theory. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 85, 573. https://doi.org/10.1086/129506

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