The new worlds observer: A mission for high-resolution spectroscopy of extra-solar terrestrial planets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1634-1645

  Simmons, Willard L ^a   Cash, Webster C ^b   Seager, Sara ^c   Wilkinson, Erik ^d   Kasdin, N Jeremy ^a   Vanderbei, Robert J ^e   Chow, Naomi ^a   Gralla, Erica ^a   Kleingeld, Johanna ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Exo planets; Extra solar planets; Formation flying spacecraft; Pinhole camera; Planet finding; Shaped pupil coronagraph; Space observatories; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EXO-PLANETS; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; PINHOLE CAMERAS; PLANET FINDING; SHAPED-PUPIL CORONAGRAPHS; SPACE OBSERVATORIES;

CAMERAS; INTERFEROMETERS; OBSERVATORIES; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS; PLANETS; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 10044230685     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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