![]() ![]() ![]() Provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part Subject to statutory exception and to the Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Pr ess, New York The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Several awards for his contributions to the field.Įuropean Space Agency, Noordwijk, The NetherlandsĪnd Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden, The NetherlandsĬambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo He was the Project Scientist for the Hipparcos mission from 1981 to 1997, and has won Michael Perryman is a Research Scientist at ESA, and a Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University Each chapter ends with comprehensive references to relevant literature. It contains a detailed overview of the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues, their annexes and their It reviews the applications of the data in different areas, describing the subject and the state-of-the-art before Hipparcos, and summarising all major contributions to the topic This authoritative account of the Hipparcos contributions over the last decade is an outstanding reference forĪstronomers, astrophysicists and cosmologists. Key achievements of its measurements are refining the cosmic distance scale, characterising the large-scale kinematic motions in the solar neighbourhood, providing precise luminosities for stellar modelling, and confirmingĮinstein’s prediction of the effect of gravity on starlight. Hipparcos pinpointed more than 100 000 stars, typically 200 times more accurately than ever before. ![]() Mission dedicated to astrometry – the accurate measurement of positions, distances, and proper motions of stars. The Hipparcos satellite, developed and launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 1989, was the first space Ten Years of Exploitation of the Hipparcos Satellite Data ![]() It contains a detailed overview of the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues, their annexes and their updates. It reviews the applications of the data in different areas, describing the subject and the state of the art before Hipparcos, and summarizing all major contributions to the topic made by Hipparcos. This authoritative account of the Hipparcos contributions over the last decade is an outstanding reference for astronomers, astrophysicists and cosmologists. Amongst the key achievements of its measurements are refining the cosmic distance scale, characterizing the large-scale kinematic motions in the Solar neighborhood, providing precise luminosities for stellar modelling, and confirming Einstein's prediction of the effect of gravity on starlight. The Hipparcos satellite, developed and launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 1989, was the first space mission dedicated to astrometry - the accurate measurement of positions, distances, and proper motions of stars. ![]()
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