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Space astrometry with the Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey: mission overview and science possibilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Ralph A. Gaume ,
Bryan Dorland ,
Valeri V. Makarov ,
Norbert Zacharias ,
Kenneth J. Johnston  and
Gregory S. Hennessy
Ralph A. Gaume
Affiliation:
Astrometry Depertment, US Naval Observatory (USNO), 3450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20392-5420, USA email: rgaume@usno.navy.mil, bdorland@usno.navy.mil, nz@usno.navy.mil, kjj@usno.navy.mil, gsh.@usno.navy.mil
Bryan Dorland
Affiliation:
Astrometry Depertment, US Naval Observatory (USNO), 3450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20392-5420, USA email: rgaume@usno.navy.mil, bdorland@usno.navy.mil, nz@usno.navy.mil, kjj@usno.navy.mil, gsh.@usno.navy.mil
Valeri V. Makarov
Affiliation:
Michelson Science Center, California Institute of Technology, MS 301 486, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA email: valeri.v.makarov-119624@jpl.nasa.gov
Norbert Zacharias
Affiliation:
Astrometry Depertment, US Naval Observatory (USNO), 3450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20392-5420, USA email: rgaume@usno.navy.mil, bdorland@usno.navy.mil, nz@usno.navy.mil, kjj@usno.navy.mil, gsh.@usno.navy.mil
Kenneth J. Johnston
Affiliation:
Astrometry Depertment, US Naval Observatory (USNO), 3450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20392-5420, USA email: rgaume@usno.navy.mil, bdorland@usno.navy.mil, nz@usno.navy.mil, kjj@usno.navy.mil, gsh.@usno.navy.mil
Gregory S. Hennessy
Affiliation:
Astrometry Depertment, US Naval Observatory (USNO), 3450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20392-5420, USA email: rgaume@usno.navy.mil, bdorland@usno.navy.mil, nz@usno.navy.mil, kjj@usno.navy.mil, gsh.@usno.navy.mil
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Abstract

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We present a mission overview and science possibilities of space astrometry with the Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey (MAPS).

Keywords

astrometrysurveysreference systemsstars: kinematicsinstrumentation