The Gaia mission: Expected applications to asteroid science

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 97-125

  Mignard, Francois ^a   Cellino, A ^b   Muinonen, K ^c   Tanga, P ^a   Delbo M ^a,b   Dell'Oro, A ^b   Granvik, M ^c   Hestroffer, D ^d   Mouret, S ^d   Thuillot, W ^d   Virtanen, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Astrometry; Photometry; Space based observations; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; ASTROPHYSICS; PHOTOMETER; SATELLITE MISSION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 39149087024     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11038-007-9221-z     Document Type: Article

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