EAS Tycho Brahe prize lecture 2011. Hipparcos: a retrospective

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Oct 2011

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The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, Volume 19, article id. #45

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Astrometry, Space Science, Hipparcos

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The Hipparcos satellite was launched in 1989. It was the first, and remains to date the only, attempt at performing large-scale astrometric measurements from space. Hipparcos marked a fundamentally new approach to the field of astrometry, revolutionising our knowledge of the positions, distances, and space motions of the stars in the solar neighbourhood. In this retrospective, I look back at the processes which led to the mission's acceptance, provide a short summary of the underlying measurement principles and the experiment's scientific achievements, and a conclude with a brief summary of its principal legacy—the Gaia mission.

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