Gaia in the UK

Taking the Galactic Census

Asteroid populations in Gaia Data Release 3

Asteroid populations in Gaia data release 3

By far the largest group of Solar System objects in Gaia's data release 3 are 154 741 asteroids for which Gaia has determined their orbits. Depending on their orbits one can distinguish different groups of asteroids.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/GaiaDR3

Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

Page last updated: 13 June 2022