Gaia Universe Model Snapshot: A statistical analysis of the expected contents of the Gaia catalogue
Gaia Universe Model Snapshot: A statistical analysis of the expected contents of the Gaia catalogue
Context. This study has been developed in the framework of the computational simulations executed for the preparation of the ESA Gaia astrometric mission. Aims. We focus on describing the objects and characteristics that Gaia will potentially observe without taking into consideration instrumental effects (detection efficiency, observing errors). Methods. The theoretical …