DR6 Orbits (using Gaia EDR3) (ravedr6.dr6_edr3_orbits)

Description

dr6_orbits contains information of the orbits of the Rave stars, obtained under the assumption of a given Milky Way mass model (Section 7 of DR6 paper). The tables of Gaia Early Data Release 3 were used.

Attribution

Funding for Rave has been provided by:

the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP);
the Australian Astronomical Observatory;
the Australian National University;
the Australian Research Council;
the French National Research Agency;
the German Research Foundation (SPP 1177 and SFB 881);
the European Research Council (ERC-StG 240271 Galactica);
the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica at Padova;
the Johns Hopkins University;
the National Science Foundation of the USA (AST-0908326);
the W. M. Keck foundation;
the Macquarie University;
the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy;
the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada;
the Slovenian Research Agency;
the Swiss National Science Foundation;
the Science & Technology FacilitiesCouncil of the UK;
Opticon;
Strasbourg Observatory;
the Universities of Basel, Groningen, Heidelberg and Sydney.

This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the GaiaData Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement.

Columns

Name	Type	UCD	Unit	Description
rave_obs_id	char	meta.id		Unique Identifier for RAVE objects, Observation Date, Fieldname, Fibernumber
helio_x	double	pos.heliocentric	kpc	Heliocentric position in X direction
helio_x_plus	double	stat.error pos.heliocentric	kpc	Heliocentric position in X direction - positive uncertainty
helio_x_minus	double	stat.error pos.heliocentric	kpc	Heliocentric position in X direction - negative uncertainty
helio_y	double	pos.heliocentric	kpc	Heliocentric position in Y direction
helio_y_plus	double	stat.error pos.heliocentric	kpc	Heliocentric position in Y direction - positive uncertainty
helio_y_minus	double	stat.error pos.heliocentric	kpc	Heliocentric position in Y direction - negative uncertainty
helio_z	double	pos.heliocentric	kpc	Heliocentric position in Z direction
helio_z_plus	double	stat.error pos.heliocentric	kpc	Heliocentric position in Z direction - positive uncertainty
helio_z_minus	double	stat.error pos.heliocentric	kpc	Heliocentric position in Z direction - negative uncertainty
helio_vx	double	phys.veloc	km/s
helio_vx_plus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Heliocentric velocity in X direction - positive uncertainty
helio_vx_minus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Heliocentric velocity in X direction - negative uncertainty
helio_vy	double	phys.veloc	km/s	Heliocentric velocity in Y direction
helio_vy_plus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Heliocentric velocity in Y direction - positive uncertainty
helio_vy_minus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Heliocentric velocity in Y direction - negative uncertainty
helio_vz	double	phys.veloc	km/s	Heliocentric velocity in Z direction
helio_vz_plus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Heliocentric velocity in Z direction - positive uncertainty
helio_vz_minus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Heliocentric velocity in Z direction - negative uncertainty
galcyl_r	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Radius galactocentric (cylindrical coordinates)
galcyl_r_plus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Radius galactocentric (cylindrical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
galcyl_r_minus	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Radius galactocentric (cylindrical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
galcyl_z	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Height above the Galactic plane (cylindrical coordinates)
galcyl_z_plus	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Height above the Galactic plane on orbit (cylindrical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
galcyl_z_minus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Height above the Galactic plane (cylindrical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
galcyl_vr	double	phys.veloc	km/s	Velocity in Galactocentric cylindrical radial direction (cylindrical coordinates)
galcyl_vr_plus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Velocity in Galactocentric cylindrical radial direction (cylindrical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
galcyl_vr_minus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Velocity in Galactocentric cylindrical radial direction (cylindrical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
galcyl_vz	double	phys.veloc	km/s	Velocity in direction perpendicular to the Galactic plane (cylindrical coordinates)
galcyl_vz_plus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Velocity in direction perpendicular to the Galactic plane (cylindrical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
galcyl_vz_minus	double	stat.error phys.veloc	km/s	Velocity in direction perpendicular to the Galactic plane (cylindrical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
galcyl_vphi	double	veloc.ang	km/s	Velocity in Galactocentric azimuth (cylindrical coordinates)
galcyl_vphi_plus	double	veloc.ang	km/s	Velocity in Galactocentric azimuth (cylindrical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
galcyl_vphi_minus	double	stat.error phys.veloc.ang	km/s	Velocity in Galactocentric azimuth (cylindrical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
min_galcyl_r	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Minimum radius galactocentric (cylindrical coordinates)
min_galcyl_r_minus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Minimum radius galactocentric on orbit (cylindrical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
min_galcyl_r_plus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Minimum radius galactocentric on orbit (cylindrical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
max_galcyl_r	double	os.galactocentric	kpc	Maximum radius galactocentric on orbit (cylindrical coordinates)
max_galcyl_r_minus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Maximum radius galactocentric on orbit (cylindrical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
max_galcyl_r_plus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Maximum radius galactocentric on orbit (cylindrical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
max_galcyl_z	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Maximum height above the Galactic plane on orbit (cylindrical coordinates)
max_galcyl_z_minus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Maximum height above the Galactic plane on orbit (cylindrical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
max_galcyl_z_plus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Maximum height above the Galactic plane on orbit (cylindrical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
min_galsph_r	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Minimal galactocentric radius (spherical coordinates)
min_galsph_r_minus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Minimal galactocentric radius (spherical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
min_galsph_r_plus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Minimal galactocentric radius (spherical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
max_galsph_r	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Maximal galactocentric radius (spherical coordinates)
max_galsph_r_minus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Maximal galactocentric radius (spherical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
max_galsph_r_plus	double	stat.error pos.galactocentric	kpc	Maximal galactocentric radius (spherical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
mean_galcyl_r	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Orbit averaged (mean)radius galactocentric (cylindrical coordinates)
mean_galcyl_r_minus	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Orbit averaged (mean)radius galactocentric (cylindrical coordinates) - negative uncertainty
mean_galcyl_r_plus	double	pos.galactocentric	kpc	Orbit averaged (mean)radius galactocentric (cylindrical coordinates) - positive uncertainty
energy	double	phys.energy src.orbital	(km/s)**2	Orbital energy
energy_minus	double	stat.error phys.energy src.orbital	(km/s)**2
energy_plus	double	stat.error phys.energy src.orbital	(km/s)**2
angmom	double	stat.error phys.angMomentum	kpc.km/s	Angular momentum - negative uncertainty
angmom_minus	double	stat.error phys.angMomentum	kpc.km/s	Angular momentum - negative uncertainty
angmom_plus	double	stat.error phys.angMomentum	kpc.km/s	Angular momentum - positive uncertainty
eccentricity	double	src.orbital.eccentricity		Eccentricity
eccentricity_plus	double	stat.error src.orbital.eccentricity		Eccentricity - positive uncertainty
eccentricity_minus	double	stat.error src.orbital.eccentricity		Eccentricity - negative uncertainty
jr	double		kpc.km/s	LocRadial action
jr_minus	double	stat.error	kpc.km/s	LocRadial action - negative uncertainty
jr_plus	double	stat.error	kpc.km/s	LocRadial action - positive uncertainty
jz	double		kpc.km/s	LocVertical action
jz_minus	double	stat.error	kpc.km/s	LocVertical action - negative uncertainty
jz_plus	double	stat.error	kpc.km/s	LocVertical action - positive uncertainty