PLATO as it is: A legacy mission for Galactic archaeology
(2017)
Journal Article
Miglio, A., Chiappini, C., Mosser, B., Davies, G. R., Freeman, K., Girardi, L., Jofré, P., Kawata, D., Rendle, B. M., Valentini, M., Casagrande, L., Chaplin, W. J., Gilmore, G., Hawkins, K., Holl, B., Appourchaux, T., Belkacem, K., Bossini, D., Brogaard, K., Goupil, M.-J., …Worley, C. C. (2017). PLATO as it is: A legacy mission for Galactic archaeology. Astronomische Nachrichten, 338(6), 644-661. https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.201713385
Deciphering the assembly history of the Milky Way is a formidable task, which becomes possible only if one can produce high-resolution chrono-chemo-kinematical maps of the Galaxy. Data from large-scale astrometric and spectroscopic surveys will soon... Read More about PLATO as it is: A legacy mission for Galactic archaeology.