Direct detection and characterization of extrasolar planets: The Mariotti space interferometer

Icarus

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 570-588

  Mennesson, Bertrand ^a   Léger, Alain ^b   Ollivier, Marc ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric spectroscopy; Extra solar planetary systems; Infrared observations; Instrumentation; Zodiacal light

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644495182     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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