Perryman 2009 This publication is in copyright. Michael Perryman European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands and Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden, The NetherlandsĬambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York Information on this title: © M. He was the Project Scientist for the Hipparcos mission from 1981 to 1997, and has won several awards for his contributions to the field.Īstronomical Applications of Astrometry Ten Years of Exploitation of the Hipparcos Satellite Data Michael Perryman is a Research Scientist at ESA, and a Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. Each chapter ends with comprehensive references to relevant literature. 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 summarising 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, characterising the large-scale kinematic motions in the solar neighbourhood, providing precise luminosities for stellar modelling, and confirming Einstein’s prediction of the effect of gravity on starlight. Hipparcos pinpointed more than 100 000 stars, typically 200 times more accurately than ever before. Each chapter ends with comprehensive references to relevant literature.Īstronomical Applications of Astrometry Ten Years of Exploitation of the Hipparcos Satellite Data 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. 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. 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 Einsteins 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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