Download or read book Hipparcos, the New Reduction of the Raw Data written by Floor van Leeuwen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-23 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides overviews of the new reduction as well as on the use of the Hipparcos data in a variety of astrophysical implementations. A range of new results are included. The Hipparcos data provide a unique opportunity for the study of satellite dynamics as the orbit covered a wide range of altitudes, showing in detail the different torques acting on the satellite.