Astronomical Catalogues Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-09 · 5 entries checked · 1 flagged · 2 issues confirmed · 1 corrected · 1 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Gaia catalogues — The number of data releases listed as 4 (DR1, DR2, EDR3, DR3) as of 2024 is incorrect; there have been 5 data releases including DR4 in 2024.

Gaia catalogues — The claim that Gaia has detected over 200,000 asteroids is incorrect; as of DR3, Gaia has detected over 150,000 asteroids.

Open data

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