Terrestrial planet finder: Science overview

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1216-1225

  Unwin, S C ^a   Beichman, C A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative planetology; Coronagraph; Extrasolar planets; Interferometer

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOMARKERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

COMPARITIVE PLANETOLOGY; CORONAGRAPH; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST);

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 10044286185     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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