# Quantifying the (X/peanut)-shaped structure of the Milky Way – new constraints on the bar geometry

@article{Ciambur2017QuantifyingT,
title={Quantifying the (X/peanut)-shaped structure of the Milky Way – new constraints on the bar geometry},
author={Bogdan C. Ciambur and Alister W. Graham and Joss Bland-Hawthorn},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year={2017},
volume={471},
pages={3988-4004}
}
• Published 29 June 2017
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