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The Hipparcos Catalogue: 10th anniversary and its legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2007

C. Turon  and
F. Arenou
C. Turon
Affiliation:
GEPI/UMR-CNRS 8111, Observatoire de Paris, 92190 Meudon, Francecatherine.turon@obspm.fr, frederic.arenou@obspm.fr
F. Arenou
Affiliation:
GEPI/UMR-CNRS 8111, Observatoire de Paris, 92190 Meudon, Francecatherine.turon@obspm.fr, frederic.arenou@obspm.fr
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Abstract

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The European Space Agency decision to include the Hipparcos satellite into its Science Programme is placed in the context of the years 1965-1980 and in the historical perspective of the progress of astrometry. The motivation and ideas which lead to the Hipparcos design are reviewed as well as its characteristics and performance. The amount and variety of applications represent an impressive evolution from the original science case and opened the way to much more ambitious further space missions, especially Gaia, based on the same basic principles. A giant step in technology led to a giant step in science. Next steps are presented at this Symposium.

Keywords

astrometryspace vehiclesstars: distancesstars: kinematicsstars: fundamental parametersGalaxy: fundamental parametersGalaxy: solar neighbourhood
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S248: A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry , October 2007 , pp. 1 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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