PPMXL best neighbour (gaiadr2.ppmxl_best_neighbour)
The table has 716220357 rows, 8 columns.
Description
PPMXL BestNeighbour table lists each matched Gaia object with its best neighbour in the external catalogue.
Attribution
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This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (http://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement.
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Columns
| Name | Type | UCD | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ppmxl_oid | long | meta.id.cross |
External Catalogue source identifier |
|
| number_of_neighbours | int | meta.number |
Number of neighbours in External Catalogue |
|
| number_of_mates | short | meta.number |
Number of mates in Gaia Catalogue |
|
| best_neighbour_multiplicity | short | meta.number |
Number of neighbours with same probability as best neighbour |
|
| source_id | long |
meta.id meta.main meta.ref |
||
| original_ext_source_id | char | |||
| angular_distance | double | |||
| gaia_astrometric_params | short |