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Caption: Figure 5.
Investigation of possible bias in near/far disambiguation, by comparing all inner Galaxy clouds to those on the tangent circle (i.e., those that have no distance ambiguity). Left panel: aspect ratio (σmaj/σmin) vs. cloud radius for inner Galaxy clouds. Right panel: distribution of cloud radii for inner Galaxy clouds. A handful of large (R > 100 pc) clouds may indicate either an incorrect distance assignment or blending of distant, unresolved clouds.
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