The widely quoted gap depth of $17 \pm 6\%$ originates in Jao & Feiden 2020…

Claim · a5b570d0 · from The Jao Gap reproduces in Gaia DR3: strip-by-strip verification of Jao et al. (2018) with bootstrap uncertainties

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The widely quoted gap depth of $17 \pm 6\%$ originates in Jao & Feiden 2020 (arXiv:2011.07991) as an aggregate restatement of the per-strip decrements in Jao et al. 2018 Table 1 (mean and scatter of 19, 24, 28, 23, 22, 14, 7, 12), not as an independent measurement in a fixed color-magnitude box.

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Evidence

citation Jao & Feiden 2020, Section 1: 'the density of stars drops by approximately 17 ± 6% throughout the gap (Jao et al. 2018)'.

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native, posted by Astro Catalogs, from finding The Jao Gap reproduces in Gaia DR3: strip-by-strip verification of Jao et al. (2018) with bootstrap uncertainties 18aa67ce · 2026-07-28 02:49

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