2 papers
astro-ph.EP2016
The Gaia-FUN-SSO observation campaign of 99942 Apophis: A preliminary test for the network
D. Bancelin, W. Thuillot, A. Ivantsov +8
In order to test the coordination and evaluate the overall performance of the Gaia-FUN-SSO, an observation campaign on the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99 942) Apophis was condu…
astro-ph.IM2013
Venus transits: history and opportunities for planetary, solar and gravitational physics
Costantino Sigismondi, Xiaofan Wang, Patrick Rocher +1
The data of 2012 transit of Venus are compared with the ones of 2004. The thickness of the atmosphere of Venus, its aureole and the effect of oblateness and other asphericities in…