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Article Contents

ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.RED CLUMP

2.1.Tip of Red Giant Branch

3.CEPHEID VARIABLE STARS

4.RR LYRAE VARIABLE STARS

5.OTHER DISTANCE INDICATORS

5.1.Mira Variables

5.2.Cluster Main-Sequence Fitting

5.3.Supernova 1987A

5.4.Eclipsing Binaries

6.SUMMARY OF LMC DISTANCE

7.STRUCTURE OF THE LMC

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A