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    Astrometry is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. It provides...
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    the Americas. In the past, astronomy included disciplines as diverse as astrometry, celestial navigation, observational astronomy, and the making of calendars...
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    distant cosmic radio sources, spacecraft tracking, and for applications in astrometry. However, since the VLBI technique measures the time differences between...
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    principle, astrometry can involve such measurements of planets, stars, black holes and galaxies to any celestial body. Throughout human history, astrometry played...
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    measuring individual stars' common proper motions or cpm by accurate astrometry and their radial velocities by astronomical spectroscopy. The 88 constellations...
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    In astronomy, photometry, from Greek photo- ("light") and -metry ("measure"), is a technique used in astronomy that is concerned with measuring the flux...
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  • List of astrometric solvers (category Astrometry)
    Charon are obsolete and no longer developed. Astrometry.net webpage All sky solver webpage ANSVR webpage Astrometry.net API lite Astrotortilla webpage CloudMakers...
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  • professor of statistics at the University of Vermont. Jefferys specialized in astrometry, celestial mechanics, and astrophysics, including the kinematics and dynamics...
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  • Pierre Lacroute (1906–1993), was a French astrophysicist and pioneer of astrometry using satellite experiments. He is known as the first proposer of the...
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  • Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July...
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    abandonment of a model. Most of the topics in astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrometry, and other fields that are branches of astronomy studied by theoreticians...
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    Richard. "Astronomy 162". Ohio State University. "The Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission". Retrieved 28 August 2007. Turon, Catherine. "From Hipparchus...
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    indirect techniques, such as spectroscopy (spectroscopic binaries) or astrometry (astrometric binaries). If a binary star happens to orbit in a plane along...
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  • Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July...
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  • Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July...
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    Semiconductor, superconductor, superfluidity, Spin, Astrophysics Astronomy, Astrometry, Cosmology, Gravitation physics, High-energy astrophysics, Planetary astrophysics...
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    brightness modulation: 9 (0.2%)   Pulsar timing variation: 8 (0.1%)   Astrometry: 3 (0.1%)   Pulsation timing variation: 2 (0.0%)   Disk kinematics: 1...
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    neighborhood. XXXIV. A search for planets orbiting nearby M dwarfs using astrometry". The Astronomical Journal. 148 (5): 91. arXiv:1407.4820. Bibcode:2014AJ...
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    expected to find thousands of planets via astrometry, but prior to the launch of Gaia, no planet detected by astrometry had been confirmed. SIM PlanetQuest...
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  • Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July...
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    Fomalont, Edward; Benedict, G. Fritz (20 April 2021). "Precision Millimeter Astrometry of the α Centauri AB System". The Astronomical Journal. 162 (1): 14. arXiv:2104...
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    sensitive to detecting planets around 1–10 AU away from Sun-like stars. Astrometry Astrometry consists of precisely measuring a star's position in the sky and...
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    point from which to draw measurements for celestial navigation and for astrometry. The elevation of the star above the horizon gives the approximate latitude...
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    Gaia (spacecraft) (category Space astrometry missions)
    2013 and expected to operate until 2025. The spacecraft is designed for astrometry: measuring the positions, distances and motions of stars with unprecedented...
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    Peter N. Fedorov (born 1951) is a Ukrainian astronomer, specialist in astrometry and Galactic dynamics, known for his work on compiling the XPM star catalogue...
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    astrometric grid. Another key development, known as gridless narrow-angle astrometry (GNAA), was the ability to apply the measurement capability worked out...
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    have a super-Jupiter with an orbital period of 33.65 days based on Gaia astrometry. This is remarkable because WD 0141-675 is polluted with metals and metal...
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  • Air Ambulance, an English medical charity Gridless Narrow-Angle Astrometry, an astrometry technique Guilford Native American Association, a Native American...
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    Libralato, M.; Griggio, M.; Fontanive, C.; Pourbaix, D. (8 March 2024). "HST astrometry of the closest Brown Dwarfs -- II. Improved parameters and constraints...
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    Barnard's Star has focused on measuring its stellar characteristics, its astrometry, and also refining the limits of possible extrasolar planets. Although...
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