Complexity of the Gaia astrometric least-squares problem and the (non-)feasibility of a direct solution method

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 516, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Bombrun, A ^a   Lindegren, L ^b   Holl, B ^b   Jordan, S ^a  

^a ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

astrometry; methods: data analysis; methods: numerical; reference systems; space vehicles: instruments

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ERRORS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SPACECRAFT; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ASTROMETRY; METHODS: NUMERICAL; METHODS:DATA ANALYSIS; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; SPACE VEHICLES: INSTRUMENTS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 77957875604     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913503     Document Type: Article

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