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Statistical Aspects of the Hipparcos Photometric Data

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Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy II

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A brief outline of the ESA Hipparcos mission is presented, with special emphasis on photometric aspects. Limitations to interpretation of the data due to constraints on the reductions and as imposed by the scanning law are described. The limited value of period searching algorithms for a data-set with many large gaps is shown and discussed in the light of planned future missions of similar kind.

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  1. F. van Leeuwen
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  3. M. B. van Leeuwen-Toczko
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  1. Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    G. Jogesh Babu

  2. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Eric D. Feigelson

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van Leeuwen, F., Evans, D.W., van Leeuwen-Toczko, M.B. (1997). Statistical Aspects of the Hipparcos Photometric Data. In: Babu, G.J., Feigelson, E.D. (eds) Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy II. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1968-2_15

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