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most citedGaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

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26 papers

astro-ph.IM2025

Why the Northern Hemisphere Needs a 30-40m Telescope and the Science at Stake: from Interstellar Visitors to Planetary Defence

J. de León, N. Pinilla-Alonso, P. Tanga +49

Small Solar system Objects (SSOs) preserve the physical, chemical, and dynamical signatures of the Sun's protoplanetary disk. Upcoming surveys will discover vast numbers of new obj…

astro-ph.EP2024

Asteroid reflectance spectra from Gaia DR3: Near-UV in primitive asteroids

F. Tinaut-Ruano, J. de León, E. Tatsumi +4

In the context of charge-coupled devices (CCDs), the ultraviolet (UV) region has mostly remained unexplored after the 1990s. Gaia DR3 offers the community a unique opportunity to e…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 16 cited

Gaia Focused Product Release: Sources from Service Interface Function image analysis -- Half a million new sources in omega Centauri

Gaia Collaboration, K. Weingrill, A. Mints +400

Gaia's readout window strategy is challenged by very dense fields in the sky. Therefore, in addition to standard Gaia observations, full Sky Mapper (SM) images were recorded for ni…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 23 cited

Gaia Focused Product Release: Asteroid orbital solution. Properties and assessment

Gaia Collaboration, P. David, F. Mignard +2

Context. We report the exploitation of a sample of epoch astrometry for 157 000 asteroids, the same object in the Gaia Data Release 3, extended over the time coverage planned for t…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 7 cited

Gaia Focused Product Release: A catalogue of sources around quasars to search for strongly lensed quasars

Gaia Collaboration, A. Krone-Martins, C. Ducourant +398

Context. Strongly lensed quasars are fundamental sources for cosmology. The Gaia space mission covers the entire sky with the unprecedented resolution of " in the optical, ma…

astro-ph.SR2023

Gaia Focused Product Release: Radial velocity time series of long-period variables

Gaia Collaboration, M. Trabucchi, N. Mowlavi +403

The third Gaia Data Release (DR3) provided photometric time series of more than 2 million long-period variable (LPV) candidates. Anticipating the publication of full radial-velocit…

astro-ph.EP2023

Experimental phase function and degree of linear polarization curve of olivine and spinel and the origin of the Barbarian polarization behavior

E. Frattin, J. Martikainen, O. Muñoz +7

We explore experimentally possible explanations of the polarization curves of the sunlight reflected by the Barbarian asteroids. Their peculiar polarization curves are characterize…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 53 cited

Gaia Data Release 3: Reflectance spectra of Solar System small bodies

Gaia Collaboration, L. Galluccio, M. Delbo +444

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has been routinely observing Solar System objects (SSOs) since the beginning of its operations in August 2014. The Gaia data rel…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 71 cited

Data Release 3: the Solar System survey

P. Tanga, T. Pauwels, F. Mignard +30

The third data release by the Gaia mission of the European Space (DR3) is the first release to provide the community with a large sample of observations for more than 150 thousand…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 20 cited

Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

J. Marques Oliveira, B. Sicardy, A. R. Gomes-Júnior +234

A stellar occultation by Neptune's main satellite, Triton, was observed on 5 October 2017 from Europe, North Africa, and the USA. We derived 90 light curves from this event, 42 of…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 29 cited

(216) Kleopatra, a low density critically rotating M-type asteroid

F. Marchis, L. Jorda, P. Vernazza +36

Context. The recent estimates of the 3D shape of the M/Xe-type triple asteroid system (216) Kleopatra indicated a density of 5 g.cm. Such a high density implies a high metal…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 13 cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

Gaia Collaboration, X. Luri, L. Chemin +417

We compare the Gaia DR2 and Gaia EDR3 performances in the study of the Magellanic Clouds and show the clear improvements in precision and accuracy in the new release. We also show…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 99 cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: The Galactic anticentre

Gaia Collaboration, T. Antoja, P. McMillan +417

We aim to demonstrate the scientific potential of the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) for the study of the Milky Way structure and evolution. We used astrometric positions, proper…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 340 cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: The Gaia Catalogue of Nearby Stars

Gaia Collaboration, R. L. Smart, L. M. Sarro +420

We produce a clean and well-characterised catalogue of objects within 100\,pc of the Sun from the \G\ Early Data Release 3. We characterise the catalogue through comparisons to the…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 9 cited

Potential asteroid discoveries by the ESA Gaia mission: Results from follow-up observations

B. Carry, W. Thuillot, F. Spoto +42

Since July 2014, the ESA Gaia mission has been surveying the entire sky down to magnitude 20.7 in the visible. In addition to the millions of stars, thousands of Solar System Objec…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 8.6k cited

Gaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari +4

We present the second Gaia data release, Gaia DR2, consisting of astrometry, photometry, radial velocities, and information on astrophysical parameters and variability, for sources…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

Gaia Data Release 2. Short-timescale variability processing and analysis

M. Roelens, L. Eyer, N. Mowlavi +13

The Gaia DR2 sample of short-timescale variable candidates results from the investigation of the first 22 months of Gaia photometry for a subsample of sources at the Gaia faint end…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 423 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Mapping the Milky Way disc kinematics

Gaia Collaboration, D. Katz, T. Antoja +12

To illustrate the potential of GDR2, we provide a first look at the kinematics of the Milky Way disc, within a radius of several kiloparsecs around the Sun. We benefit for the firs…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 102 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Observations of solar system objects

Gaia Collaboration, F. Spoto, P. Tanga +4

The Gaia spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA) has been securing observations of solar system objects (SSOs) since the beginning of its operations. Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 135 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Variable stars in the colour-absolute magnitude diagram

Gaia Collaboration, L. Eyer, L. Rimoldini +14

The ESA Gaia mission provides a unique time-domain survey for more than 1.6 billion sources with G ~ 21 mag. We showcase stellar variability across the Galactic colour-absolute mag…

astro-ph.SR2018

Gaia Data Release 2: Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

Gaia Collaboration, C. Babusiaux, F. van Leeuwen +450

We highlight the power of the Gaia DR2 in studying many fine structures of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD). Gaia allows us to present many different HRDs, depending in partic…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 10 cited

Ground-based astrometry calibrated by Gaia DR1: new perspectives in asteroid orbit determination

F. Spoto, P. Tanga, S. Bouquillon +10

The Gaia Data Release 1 (GDR1) is a first, important step on the path of evolution of astrometric accuracy towards a much improved situation. Although asteroids are not present in…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 12 cited

The Zadko Telescope: Exploring the transient Universe

D. M. Coward, B. Gendre, P. Tanga +11

The Zadko Telescope is a 1 m f/4 Cassegrain telescope, situated in the state of Western Australia about 80 km north of Perth. The facility plays a niche role in Australian astronom…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 34 cited

The EChO science case

Giovanna Tinetti, Pierre Drossart, Paul Eccleston +347

The discovery of almost 2000 exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. Observations to date have shown that our Solar System is certainly not representativ…