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Europhysics News
Volume 49, Number 1, January-February 2018
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| Page(s) | 29 - 31 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2018103 | |
| Published online | 27 February 2018 | |
Gaia: Science with 1 billion objects in three dimensions
European Space Agency (ESA) and ESTEC – Noordwijk – The Netherlands
Gaia is an operational satellite in the ESA science programme. It is gathering data for more than a billion objects. Gaia measures positions and motions of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, but captures many asteroids and extragalactic sources as well. The first data release has already been made and exploitation by the world-wide scientific community is underway. Further data releases will be made with further increasing accuracy. Gaia is well underway to provide its promised set of fundamental astronomical data.
© European Physical Society, EDP Sciences, 2018
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