Solar System Object source (gaiafpr.sso_source)

The table has 156823 rows, 9 columns.

Description

This table contains data related to Solar System objects observed by Gaia. The quantities in the table are derived from data reduction and are associated with single objects.

Attribution

If you have used Gaia data in your research, please use the following acknowledgement:

This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://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
solution_id long meta.version

Solution Identifier

source_id long meta.id
meta.main

Source identifier

num_of_obs int meta.number

number of observations

number_mp long meta.id.cross

Minor Planet number

denomination char meta.id.cross

standard MPC denomination of the asteroid

epoch_state_vector double time.epoch d

Reference epoch of the state vector, mid-point of the time interval spanned by the observations of the Solar System Object (TCB) with origin at the epoch JD2455197.5 TCB

orbital_elements_var_covar_matrix double[] stat.covariance

Var-covar matrix on elliptical elements at reference Epoch.

h_state_vector double[] pos

Heliocentric State Vector at reference Epoch

h_state_vector_var_covar_matrix double[] stat.covariance

Covariance matrix of the State Vector