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EAS Publications Series
Volume 64, 2013
Setting a New Standard in the Analysis of Binary Stars
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| Page(s) | 399 - 400 | |
| Section | Posters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1364064 | |
| Published online | 25 February 2014 | |
Setting a New Standard in the Analysis of Binary Stars
K. Pavlovski, A. Tkachenko and G. Torres (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 64 (2013) 399–400
K. Pavlovski, A. Tkachenko and G. Torres (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 64 (2013) 399–400
Detecting eclipsing binaries with Gaia
1 Department of Astronomy, Geneva University, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
2 Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
The ESA space mission Gaia, planned to be launched at the end of 2013, will make astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic measurements of about 1 billion sources in our Galaxy. Amongst these sources will be numerous multiple systems. In the processing chain eclipsing binaries (EBs) will be detected and, if possible, their period and characteristics determined. Here we summarize the various steps that are foreseen to automatically classify and characterise these EBs.
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