On the Gaia exoplanet discovery potential
In its all-sky astrometric survey, Gaia will be sensitive to giant planets orbiting within a few AUs of hundreds of thousands of bright main-sequence stars within ≈ 200 pc. The impact of Gaia observations in the astrophysics of planetary systems cannot be underestimated (e.g., Casertano et al. 2008)...
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| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2013-04-01
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| Series: | EPJ Web of Conferences |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134715005 |