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Understanding Gaia : A Mission to Map the Galaxy / by Gabriella Bernardi, Alberto Vecchiato.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernardi, Gabriella, author.
- Vecchiato, Alberto, author.
- Series:
- Popular Astronomy,. 2626-8760
- Popular Astronomy, 2626-8760
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy.
- Astrophysics.
- Popular Science in Astronomy.
- Cosmology.
- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
- Local Subjects:
- Popular Science in Astronomy.
- Cosmology.
- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XVII, 158 pages) : 55 illustrations, 45 illustrations in color.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Praxis, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- 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. .
- Contents:
- Introduction
- G as Galaxy
- A as Astrometry
- I as Ἵππαρχος or Hipparchus and Information technology
- A as Astronautics and in Actuality
- Conclusion.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-11449-7
- 9783030114497
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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