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Constraining multiple systems with GAIA

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 نشر من قبل Laurene Beauvalet Dr.
 تاريخ النشر 2012
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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GAIA will provide observations of some multiple asteroid and dwarf systems. These observations are a way to determine and improve the quantification of dynamical parameters, such as the masses and the gravity fields, in these multiple systems. Here we investigate this problem in the cases of Plutos and Eugenias system. We simulate observations reproducing an approximate planning of the GAIA observations for both systems, as well as the New Horizons observations of Pluto. We have developed a numerical model reproducing the specific behavior of multiple asteroid system around the Sun and fit it to the simulated observations using least-square method, giving the uncertainties on the fitted parameters. We found that GAIA will improve significantly the precision of Plutos and Charons mass, as well as Petit Princes orbital elements and Eugenias polar oblateness.

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