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* Improve understanding of the Oort cloud and cometary origins
* Improve understanding of the Oort cloud and cometary origins
* Use Gaia astrometric data for precision celestial mechanics calculations
* Use Gaia astrometric data for precision celestial mechanics calculations
[[File:Gaia sky map.png|thumb|right|300px|A sky map generated from data collected by the Gaia mission.]]


== Scientific background ==
== Scientific background ==
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more details: [https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2016/11/aa29835-16/aa29835-16.html '''''Berski, F and Dybczynski, P.A., 2020: Close approach parameters recalculated based on the first Gaia data release''''']
more details: [https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2016/11/aa29835-16/aa29835-16.html '''''Berski, F and Dybczynski, P.A., 2020: Close approach parameters recalculated based on the first Gaia data release''''']
[[File:Artist's impression of the Oort cloud.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Artist's impression of the Oort cloud, whose dynamics are affected by close stellar encounters.]]


=== Future and experimental applications ===
=== Future and experimental applications ===
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