Gaia Data Release 2 - Specific characterisation and validation of all-sky Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars

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Table 3

Total numbers of SOS confirmed RR Lyrae stars and Cepheids published in Gaia DR2 subdivided into new and known sources.

Type	Grand total	New	Known
RR Lyrae stars	140 784	50 220	90 564
Cepheids	9 575	350	9 225

Notes. “New” sources mean “new to the best of our knowledge”.

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