Gaia Early Data Release 3
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Gaia Early Data Release 3 is an intermediate catalog from the ESA Gaia mission providing highly precise astrometric and photometric measurements for over a billion stars in the Milky Way.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaia Early Data Release 3 canonical | 4 |
| Gaia EDR3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3894436 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaia Early Data Release 3 Context triple: [Gaia observatory, dataRelease, Gaia Early Data Release 3]
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A.
Gaia Data Release 2
Gaia Data Release 2 is a major catalog from the ESA Gaia mission providing precise positions, parallaxes, proper motions, and photometry for over a billion stars in the Milky Way.
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B.
Gaia Data Release 1
Gaia Data Release 1 is the first major public catalog of high-precision astrometric and photometric measurements from ESA’s Gaia space observatory, providing positions and brightnesses for over a billion stars in the Milky Way.
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C.
Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium
The Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium is the international scientific collaboration responsible for processing, calibrating, and analyzing the vast astrometric and photometric data collected by ESA’s Gaia space mission.
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D.
Gaia observatory
The Gaia observatory is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to create the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way by measuring the positions, distances, and motions of over a billion stars.
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E.
OGLE-I survey
The OGLE-I survey was the first phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment, a pioneering astronomical project that monitored millions of stars to detect gravitational microlensing events and study variable stars in the Milky Way.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaia Early Data Release 3 Target entity description: Gaia Early Data Release 3 is an intermediate catalog from the ESA Gaia mission providing highly precise astrometric and photometric measurements for over a billion stars in the Milky Way.
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A.
Gaia Data Release 2
Gaia Data Release 2 is a major catalog from the ESA Gaia mission providing precise positions, parallaxes, proper motions, and photometry for over a billion stars in the Milky Way.
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B.
Gaia Data Release 1
Gaia Data Release 1 is the first major public catalog of high-precision astrometric and photometric measurements from ESA’s Gaia space observatory, providing positions and brightnesses for over a billion stars in the Milky Way.
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C.
Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium
The Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium is the international scientific collaboration responsible for processing, calibrating, and analyzing the vast astrometric and photometric data collected by ESA’s Gaia space mission.
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D.
Gaia observatory
The Gaia observatory is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to create the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way by measuring the positions, distances, and motions of over a billion stars.
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E.
OGLE-I survey
The OGLE-I survey was the first phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment, a pioneering astronomical project that monitored millions of stars to detect gravitational microlensing events and study variable stars in the Milky Way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaia mission data release
ⓘ
astronomical catalog ⓘ star catalog ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Gaia Early Data Release 3
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaia EDR3
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| approximateNumberOfSources |
1.8 billion
ⓘ
1800000000 ⓘ |
| contains |
BP photometry
ⓘ
RP photometry ⓘ astrometric data ⓘ broadband G photometry ⓘ five-parameter astrometric solutions ⓘ mean magnitudes ⓘ parallaxes ⓘ photometric data ⓘ positions ⓘ proper motions ⓘ two-parameter astrometric solutions ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem |
International Celestial Reference System
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surface form:
ICRS
|
| covers |
Local Group stars
ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ quasars ⓘ solar system objects ⓘ |
| dataAccessService |
ESA Gaia Archive
ⓘ
ESA Gaia Archive ⓘ
surface form:
ESA Gaia Archive Plus
|
| dataCollectionPeriodEnd | 2017-05-28 ⓘ |
| dataCollectionPeriodStart | 2014-07-25 ⓘ |
| dataFormat |
FITS
ⓘ
VOTable ⓘ |
| follows | Gaia Data Release 2 ⓘ |
| hasMeanParallaxUncertaintyAtG15 | ~0.02 milliarcseconds ⓘ |
| hasMeanParallaxUncertaintyAtG20 | ~0.5 milliarcseconds ⓘ |
| hasMeanProperMotionUncertaintyAtG15 | ~0.02 milliarcseconds per year ⓘ |
| hasMeanProperMotionUncertaintyAtG20 | ~0.5 milliarcseconds per year ⓘ |
| improvesUpon |
Gaia Data Release 2
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaia Data Release 2 astrometry
Gaia Data Release 2 ⓘ
surface form:
Gaia Data Release 2 photometry
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainPublication | Gaia Collaboration 2021 A&A EDR3 overview paper ⓘ |
| mission | Gaia ⓘ |
| operator |
ESA
ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gaia observatory
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaia mission
|
| precedes | Gaia Data Release 3 ⓘ |
| provides | all-sky coverage ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2020-12-03 ⓘ |
| purpose |
Galactic structure studies
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astrometry of Milky Way stars ⓘ distance scale calibration ⓘ stellar kinematics studies ⓘ |
| referenceEpoch | J2016.0 ⓘ |
| timeBaseline | 34 months ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Gaia Early Data Release 3 Description of subject: Gaia Early Data Release 3 is an intermediate catalog from the ESA Gaia mission providing highly precise astrometric and photometric measurements for over a billion stars in the Milky Way.
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Gaia EDR3