Gaia space mission and asteroid spectroscopy

M. Delbo (1) , Laurent Galluccio (1) , F. de Angeli (2) , F. Mignard (1) , A. Cellino (3) , P. Tanga (1)

1 LAGRANGE - Joseph Louis LAGRANGE
2 Institute of Astronomy [Cambridge]
3 OATo - INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino

Here we present the first Gaia spectroscopic observations of asteroids. These data will be used to identify the composition of asteroids. Gaia will obtain the largest spectroscopic survey of the Main asteroid Belt.

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Machine Learning [stat.ML]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

M. Delbo, Laurent Galluccio, F. de Angeli, F. Mignard, A. Cellino, et al.. Gaia space mission and asteroid spectroscopy. EPSC, Sep 2017, Riga, Latvia. ⟨hal-02958080⟩