Implementing the Gaia Astrometric Global Iterative Solution (AGIS) in Java

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 215-241

  O'Mullane, William ^a   Lammers, Uwe ^a   Lindegren, Lennart ^b   Hernandez, Jose ^a   Hobbs, David ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Astrometry; Data management; Implementation; Satellite

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053115774     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9248-z     Document Type: Article

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