Hipparcos telescope

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hipparcos
gptkbp:analysis statistical methods
gptkbp:application stellar dynamics
gptkbp:capacity over 2 million measurements
gptkbp:collaborations international astronomers
gptkbp:collection astrometric measurements
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:Milky_Way
stellar classification
galactic structure
gptkbp:data_type gptkb:Hipparcos_Catalogue
gptkbp:data_usage galactic dynamics
astronomical databases
stellar evolution
stellar interactions
stellar distances
stellar kinematics
stellar brightness
stellar luminosities
stellar masses
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:elevation approximately 600 km
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hipparcos telescope
gptkbp:impact gptkb:spacecraft
improved distance measurements
gptkbp:influenced modern astronomy
stellar astrophysics
gptkbp:inspired gptkb:future_space_missions
gptkbp:instrument two-dimensional CCD
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in stellar populations
gptkbp:is_explored_in stellar environments
gptkbp:is_observed_in over 118,000
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:Ariane_4
gptkbp:launched August 8, 1989
gptkbp:legacy astrometric catalogues
gptkbp:map stellar distributions
gptkbp:mission astrometry
gptkbp:mission_duration about 4 years
gptkbp:named_after gptkb:Hipparchus
gptkbp:notable_work stellar motions
gptkbp:objective measure stellar positions
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:ESA
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:1993
gptkbp:provides_information_on gptkb:planet
astrophysics
parallax measurements
space agencies
gptkbp:released gptkb:1997
gptkbp:research photometry
star formation
1989 to 1993
gptkbp:resolution 0.001 arcseconds
gptkbp:successor Gaia satellite