Table 2
Basic and orbital dynamical parameters of our globular cluster sample.
| Name | R⊙ (kpc) | RGC (kpc) | RPeri (kpc) | RApo (kpc) | a (kpc) | i (deg) | e | θR (deg) | Lz (kpc km s−1) | Etot (1011 (m s−1)2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 288 | 8.99 | 12.21 | 1.93 | 12.34 | 7.14 | 122.54 | 0.73 | 204.31 | −473.14 | −1.35 |
| NGC 362 | 8.83 | 9.62 | 0.73 | 11.84 | 6.29 | 90.56 | 0.88 | 70.77 | −56.49 | −1.39 |
| Whiting 1 | 30.59 | 35.15 | 35.15 | 61.94 | 48.55 | 74.38 | 0.28 | 333.41 | 1729.71 | −0.54 |
| NGC 1261 | 16.40 | 18.28 | 1.65 | 21.08 | 11.37 | 125.12 | 0.85 | 255.94 | −386.99 | −1.10 |
| NGC 1851 | 11.95 | 16.69 | 0.90 | 19.90 | 10.40 | 102.96 | 0.91 | 83.07 | −233.15 | −1.12 |
| NGC 1904 | 13.08 | 19.09 | 0.30 | 19.57 | 9.94 | 77.02 | 0.97 | 141.60 | −39.017 | −1.13 |
| NGC 4147 | 18.54 | 20.74 | 1.83 | 25.27 | 13.55 | 86.33 | 0.86 | 82.91 | −41.65 | −1.01 |
| NGC 4590 | 10.40 | 10.35 | 8.88 | 29.37 | 19.13 | 41.46 | 0.54 | 348.81 | 2410.24 | −0.93 |
| NGC 5024 | 18.50 | 19.00 | 9.28 | 22.64 | 15.96 | 75.37 | 0.42 | 268.44 | 708.32 | −1.00 |
| NGC 5053 | 17.54 | 18.01 | 10.79 | 17.84 | 14.32 | 76.29 | 0.25 | 169.82 | 674.56 | −1.05 |
| NGC 5272 | 10.18 | 12.09 | 5.28 | 15.80 | 10.54 | 57.41 | 0.50 | 285.30 | 904.72 | −1.20 |
| NGC 5466 | 16.12 | 16.48 | 6.16 | 47.79 | 26.98 | 107.74 | 0.77 | 13.60 | −869.94 | −0.72 |
| NGC 5634 | 25.96 | 21.84 | 3.08 | 22.18 | 12.63 | 68.01 | 0.76 | 210.05 | 479.96 | −1.05 |
| NGC 5897 | 12.55 | 7.41 | 2.45 | 8.83 | 5.64 | 59.82 | 0.56 | 76.32 | 392.75 | −1.52 |
| NGC 5904 | 7.48 | 6.27 | 3.25 | 23.44 | 13.35 | 72.77 | 0.76 | 350.07 | 364.32 | −1.09 |
| NGC 6205 | 7.42 | 8.64 | 1.51 | 8.73 | 5.12 | 109.53 | 0.71 | 207.71 | −270.26 | −1.53 |
| NGC 6229 | 30.11 | 29.45 | 1.43 | 30.36 | 15.90 | 64.86 | 0.91 | 151.96 | 207.40 | −0.92 |
| NGC 6341 | 8.50 | 9.85 | 1.25 | 10.62 | 5.94 | 83.40 | 0.79 | 131.00 | 31.49 | −1.44 |
| Terzan 7 | 24.28 | 16.85 | 14.57 | 50.41 | 32.49 | 81.23 | 0.55 | 6.73 | 895.89 | −0.66 |
| Arp 2 | 28.73 | 21.39 | 17.77 | 51.38 | 34.58 | 77.85 | 0.49 | 10.11 | 1391.55 | −0.62 |
| Terzan 8 | 27.54 | 20.43 | 17.66 | 95.16 | 56.41 | 80.99 | 0.69 | 6.02 | 1099.18 | −0.57 |
| NGC 6864 | 20.52 | 14.30 | 1.12 | 16.15 | 8.64 | 56.59 | 0.87 | 265.10 | 273.09 | −1.23 |
| NGC 6981 | 16.66 | 12.53 | 0.73 | 22.08 | 11.41 | 108.73 | 0.94 | 325.29 | −13.86 | −1.09 |
| NGC 7089 | 11.69 | 10.54 | 0.88 | 18.74 | 9.81 | 119.89 | 0.91 | 45.86 | −191.31 | −1.19 |
| NGC 7099 | 8.46 | 7.36 | 1.51 | 8.56 | 5.04 | 121.94 | 0.70 | 270.18 | −283.76 | −1.56 |
| Pal 12 | 18.49 | 15.28 | 15.30 | 51.25 | 33.28 | 67.34 | 0.54 | 358.42 | 2045.21 | −0.67 |
| Pal 13 | 23.48 | 24.57 | 6.91 | 58.24 | 32.58 | 112.39 | 0.79 | 24.61 | −1233.24 | −0.64 |
| NGC 7492 | 24.39 | 23.57 | 2.81 | 26.03 | 14.42 | 96.40 | 0.80 | 257.39 | −138.74 | −0.98 |
Notes. Columns list: cluster name, present heliocentric distance and Galactocentric distance, orbital pericenter and apocenter distances, semi-major axis, orbital inclination, eccentricity, radial angle in action-angle coordinates, angular momentum along the z-axis, and total orbital energy. All parameters are taken directly from, or calculated based on, the values provided in the globular cluster database used in this study.
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