The ESA astrometric mission Gaia has been launched in December 2013. It is currently in its commissioning phase, with the first scientific data expected to be downloaded in June 2014. Gaia has the capability to observe, in addition to about one billion of stars, a large number of solar system objects (SSO) [1]. The satellite and telescope will...
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September 7, 2014 (v1)Conference paperUploaded on: December 3, 2022
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May 3, 2015 (v1)Conference paper
After its successful launch in December 2013, and commissioning period, ESA's astrometric space mission Gaia has now started its scientific operations. In addition to the 3D census of our Milky Way with high precision parallax, proper motion, and other parameters derived for a billion of stars, Gaia will also provide a scientific harvest for...
Uploaded on: December 3, 2022