astrometry
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The ESA astrometry satellite Gaia provides an ideal data set for this kind of big-data galactic archeology.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024
But astrometry can reveal planets, too: A planet orbiting a star can cause the star’s position to cyclically shift ever-so-slightly, oscillating back and forth in the plane of the sky.
From Scientific American • Apr. 13, 2023
Fusing astrometry and direct imaging not only opens the door to finding more targets; it also eliminates some of this guesswork by revealing each newfound planet’s orbit and mass, along with its atmosphere.
From Scientific American • Apr. 13, 2023
We performed relative astrometry between our WFC3/F160W image and our Chandra observations.
From Nature • Oct. 15, 2017
He employed in his discussion the radial velocities of 280 stars, spectroscopically Astrophysics. determined; and the upshot signally exemplified the community of interests between the rising science of astrophysics and the ancient science of astrometry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
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