An overview of the methods used to estimate the mass of the Galaxy and the results obtained by various authors recently according to modern data is given. In particular, the estimates obtained based on the analysis of the galactic rotation curve, on the kinematics of the Galactic dwarf satellites and globular clusters, on the streams of such dwarf galaxies, on escape speed, as well as on halo stars are considered. Estimates of the Galaxy mass in the form M(<r), M200 and Mvir are considered. According to 20 individual estimates, the average value was found M200=0.88×1012M⊙ with a dispersion of 0.24×1012M⊙ and a weighted average error of 0.06×1012M⊙. According to 25 individual estimates, Mvir=1.02×1012M⊙ was obtained with a dispersion of 0.41×1012M⊙ and a weighted average error of 0.09×1012M⊙.
@article{arxiv.2305.18408,
title = {Review of current estimates of the Galaxy mass},
author = {V. V. Bobylev and A. T. Bajkova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.18408},
year = {2023}
}