
In this paper, I investigate the astrometric detection limits for potentially habitable exoplanets orbiting within 100 parsecs in the solar neighborhood. Using Gaia DR3 data, I developed a model that uses parallax, photometry, and stellar parameters to estimate the minimum detectable astrometric signature per star. The model assesses data across a range of stellar types with corresponding planetary data, accounting for instrumental uncertainty and a conservative jitter floor to model astrophysical noise. The pipeline reveals that while Gaia can currently detect habitable Jupiter-analogs around hundreds of nearby stars, Earth, Super-Earth, and Sub-Neptune analogs remain out of reach due to current astrometric detection thresholds. The objective of this paper, therefore, is to provide a snapshot of Gaia’s current detection limit and to assess the landscape of habitable worlds detection in the near future with this scalable framework.
Gaia, Astrometric Precision, Detection Thresholds, Astrometry, Exoplanet Detection, Exoplanet, Habitable Zones
Gaia, Astrometric Precision, Detection Thresholds, Astrometry, Exoplanet Detection, Exoplanet, Habitable Zones
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