Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-11-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of the Symposium "The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia", 4-7 October 2004, Observatoire de
Scientific paper
After a short review of experimental foundations of metric theories of gravity, the choice of general relativity as a theory to be used for the routine modeling of Gaia observations is justified. General principles of relativistic modeling of astronomical observations are then sketched and compared to the corresponding Newtonian principles. The fundamental reference system -- Barycentric Celestial Reference System, which has been chosen to be the relativistic reference system underlying the future Gaia reference frame is presented. Principal relativistic effects in each constituent of a relativistic model of astronomical observations are briefly elucidated. The structure of a relativistic model of positional observations which can be used as a standard relativistic model for Gaia is sketched. The physical meaning of the Gaia reference frame is discussed. It is discussed also how Gaia observations can be used to verify general relativity.
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