Gaia and exoplanets: a revolution in the making

Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
DOI
Abstract
The Gaia global astrometry mission is now entering its fourth year of routine science operations. With the publication of the first data release in September 2016, it has begun to fulfil its promise for revolutionary science in countless aspects of Galactic astronomy and astrophysics. I briefly review the Gaia mission status of operations and the scenario for the upcoming intermediate data releases, focusing on important lessons learned. Then, I illustrate the Gaia exoplanet science case, and discuss how the field will be revolutionized by the power of microarcsecond (μas) astrometry that is about to be unleashed. I conclude by touching upon some of the synergy elements that will call for combination of Gaia data with other indirect and direct detection and characterization techniques, for much improved understanding of exoplanetary systems.
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Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VIII
All editors
Shaklan, Stuart
Series
Volume
10400
Start page
104001E
Conferenece
Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VIII
Conferenece place
San Diego, California, United States
Conferenece date
6-10 August, 2017
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0277-786X
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2017SPIE10400E..1ES
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open.access
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