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REVOLVING SCANNING [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

DIVA operates in a revolving scanning mode with a scanning law similar to that of Hipparcos. As the observing strategy is defined with respect to the ecliptic, the number of observations per star and, consequently the distribution of the standard errors of the astrometric parameters will strongly depend on ecliptic coordinates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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