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Astrometry from Space: GAIA and Planet Detection

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The Search for Extra-Solar Terrestrial Planets: Techniques and Technology

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The proposed baseline GAIA mission will be able to detect the astrometric signature of Jupiter-size planets around of the order of a million stars, using either global or narrow-angle astrometry. If the mission can realize the higher astrometric accuracy that photon statistics allows for bright stars, lower-mass planets (from Earth size to ten times larger) can be found around ten to a few hundred stars.

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  1. ESA/Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA

    S. Casertano

  2. Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Strada Osservatorio 20, 10025, Pino Torinese (TO), Italy

    M. G. Lattanzi & A. Spagna

  3. Astrophysics Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 2200AG, The Netherlands

    M. A. C. Perryman

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  1. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    J. M. Shull

  2. University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

    H. A. Thronson Jr.

  3. NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

    H. A. Thronson Jr.

  4. Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    S. A. Stern

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Casertano, S., Lattanzi, M.G., Perryman, M.A.C., Spagna, A. (1996). Astrometry from Space: GAIA and Planet Detection. In: Shull, J.M., Thronson, H.A., Stern, S.A. (eds) The Search for Extra-Solar Terrestrial Planets: Techniques and Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5808-4_8

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