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Understanding Gaia - A Mission to Map the Galaxy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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Understanding Gaia - A Mission to Map the Galaxy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Springer Praxis Books
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This book is the first to provide a comprehensive, readily
understandable report on the European Space Agency's Gaia mission
that will meet the needs of a general audience. It takes the reader
on an exciting journey of discovery, explaining how such a
scientific satellite is made, presenting the scientific results
available from Gaia to date, and examining how the collected data
will be used and their likely scientific consequences. The Gaia
mission will provide a complete and high-precision map of the
positions, distances, and motions of the stars in our galaxy. It
will revolutionize our knowledge on the origin and evolution of the
Milky Way, on the effects of mysterious dark matter, and on the
birth and evolution of stars and extrasolar planets. The Gaia
satellite was launched in December 2013 and has a foreseen
operational lifetime of five to six years, culminating in a final
stellar catalogue in the early 2020s. This book will appeal to all
who have an interest in the mission and the profound impact that it
will have on astronomy.
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