Some aspects of relativistic astrometry from within the Solar system

DOI10.1023/A:1026136012485MaRDI QIDQ1890144zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Vechiato, Fernando de Felice, M. G. Lattanzi, B. Bucciarelli, Mariateresa Crosta

Publication date 20 December 2004

Published in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305399

zbMATH Keywords

CM-center of massGR-general theory of relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05)

Abstract: In this article we outline the structure of a general relativistic astrometric model which has been developed to deduce the position and proper motion of stars from 1-microarcsecond optical observations made by an astrometric satellite orbiting around the Sun. The basic assumption of our model is that the Solar System is the only source of gravity, hence we show how we modeled the satellite observations in a many-body perturbative approach limiting ourselves to the order of accuracy of $(v/c{)}^2$. The microarcsecond observing scenario outlined is that for the GAIA astrometric mission.

Review text

Aim of the fundamental astrometry is to measure stellar positions, parallaxes and proper motions directly from optical observations. Nowadays the European Space Agency is planning to launch not later that 2012 the space astrometry mission ( the satellite GAIA orbiting around the Sun) and it is expected to make astrometric measurements with a precision of a few \(\mu\)arcsec. Here the structure of a general relativistic astrometric model which has been developed to deduce the positions and proper motion of star from 1\(\mu\)arcsecond optical observations is outlined. There are two basic assumption used in the model: 1. The Solar System is the only source of gravity; 2. The Solar System is a source of a weak gravitational field.

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