Constraints of age, distance and progenitor of the supernova remnant RX J0852-4622/GRO J0852-4642

Bernd Aschenbach, Anatoli F. Iyudin, Volker Schoenfelder

The discovery of the nearest young supernova remnant RXJ0852-4622/GROJ0852-4642 in the Galaxy by ROSAT and COMPTEL has been reported recently. Age and distance are determined to ~6…