Hipparcos

Hipparcos is a satellite that was used to make the Hipparcos catalog of 118,000 stars with unprecedented precision. The European Space Agency (ESA) launched it in 1989 and it operated until 1983. It was named for the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus and is also an acronym for HIgh Precision PARallax COllecting Satellite.^[1]^[2]

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↑ Reid, I. Neill (January 1998). "[ITAL]Hipparcos[/ITAL] Subdwarf Parallaxes: Metal-rich Clusters and the Thick Disk". The Astronomical Journal. 115 (1): 204–228. doi:10.1086/300167. ISSN 0004-6256.
↑ "Technical details for satellite HIPPARCOS". N2YO.com - Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions. Retrieved 2022-03-24.

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[1] Reid, I. Neill (January 1998). "[ITAL]Hipparcos[/ITAL] Subdwarf Parallaxes: Metal-rich Clusters and the Thick Disk". The Astronomical Journal. 115 (1): 204–228. doi:10.1086/300167. ISSN 0004-6256.

[2] "Technical details for satellite HIPPARCOS". N2YO.com - Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions. Retrieved 2022-03-24.

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