Kepler system numerical model for the detection of extrasolar terrestrial planets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4495, Issue , 2002, Pages 182-191

  Remund, Quinn P ^a   Jordan, Steven P ^a   Updike, Todd F ^a   Jenkins, Jon M ^b   Borucki, William J ^c  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential photometry; Extrasolar planets; Kepler; Planet detection; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; SPACECRAFT;

DIFFERENTIAL PHOTOMETRY; EXTRASOLAR TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; HYPOTHETICAL PLANETARY TRANSITS; KEPLER SYSTEM; PLANET DETECTION; STARS;

PLANETS;

EID: 0036396887     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454773     Document Type: Article

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