System design of a mission to detect Earth-sized planets in the inner orbits of solar-like stars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 101, Issue E4, 1996, Pages 9297-9302

  Koch, David ^a   Borucki, William ^a   Cullers, Kent ^a,c   Dunham, Edward ^a,d   Webster, Larry ^a   Miers, Tom ^b   Reitsema, Harold ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0007947740     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JE00468     Document Type: Article

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