Gaia: Relativistic modelling and testing

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Abstract

Gaia is an ambitious space astrometry mission of ESA with a main objective to map the sky in astrometry and photometry down to a magnitude 20 by the end of the next decade. Given its extreme astrometric accuracy and the repeated observations over five years, the observation modelling is done in a fully relativistic framework and several tests of General Relativity or of its extensions can be carried out during the data processing. The paper presents an overview of the current activities in this area and of the expected performances.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRelativity in Fundamental Astronomy
EditorsSergei A. Klioner, Michael H. Soffel, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages306-314
Number of pages9
ISBN (print)978-0-521-76481-0
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2009
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
NumberS261
Volume5
ISSN1743-9213

Conference

Title261st Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union
Duration27 April - 1 May 2009
CityVirginia Beach
CountryHoly See (Vatican City)

External IDs

WOS 000280569700049
Scopus 84864431415
ORCID /0000-0003-4682-7831/work/168206647

Keywords

Keywords

  • astrometry, relativity, data processing, GENERAL-RELATIVITY