Gaia Working Groups

The scientific community supporting Gaia is organised into working groups with responsibility for studying the impact of the Gaia mission on particular areas on science. The working groups are composed of core and associate members and are guided by a leader (and co-leader). Most working groups meet a few times times per year to discuss results of on-going or completed studies, assign new studies to individuals or groups, and to provide feedback via the Working Group leader to the Gaia Science Team and to ESA. Reports and technical notes prepared by the Working Groups are available on their web sites and in the Gaia scientific document archive (Livelink). Individuals who wish to particpate in Working Group meetings should contact the Working Group leader. Details of meetings are maintained on the central Gaia Calendar of Meetings.

This photo is of participants at the Solar System Working Group meeting of November 2004 which was held at Lohrmann Observatory, Dresden University of Technology. The meeting was convened by François Mignard and hosted by Sergei Klioner. Presentations from the meeting are available on the Solar System Working Group web site.

Image courtesy of François Mignard
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[Published: 07/03/2005]