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dc.contributor.authorTodd, Michael
dc.contributor.authorCoward, D.
dc.contributor.authorTanga, P.
dc.contributor.authorThuillot, W.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:39:11Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:39:11Z
dc.date.created2013-11-04T20:00:32Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationTodd, M. and Coward, D.M. and Tanga, P. and Thuillot, W. 2013. Australian participation in the Gaia follow-up network for solar system objects. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 30: pp. e014.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23782
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/pasa.2012.014
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The Gaia satellite, planned for launch by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2013, is the next-generation astrometry mission following Hipparcos. Gaia’s primary science goal is to determine the kinematics, chemical structure, and evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy. In addition to this core science goal, the Gaia space mission is expected to discover thousands of Solar System objects. Because of orbital constraints, Gaia will only have a limited opportunity for astrometric follow-up of these discoveries. In 2010, the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) initiated a program to identify ground-based optical telescopes for a Gaia follow-up network for Solar System Objects to perform the following critical tasks: confirmation of discovery, identification of body, object tracking to constrain orbits. To date, this network comprises 37 observing sites (representing 53 instruments). The Zadko Telescope, located in Western Australia, was highlighted as an important network node because of its southern location, longitude, and automated scheduling system. We describe the first follow-up tests using the fast moving Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2005 YU55 as the target.

dc.publisherCSIRO
dc.subjectminor planets
dc.subjectmiscellaneous
dc.subjectasteroids
dc.subjecttelescopes
dc.subjectinstrumentation
dc.subjectgeneral
dc.titleAustralian participation in the Gaia follow-up network for solar system objects
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume30
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPagee014
dcterms.source.endPagee014
dcterms.source.issn1323-3580
dcterms.source.titlePublications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
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