Searching for life with the Terrestrial Planet Finder: Lagrange point options for a formation flying interferometer

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 637-644

  Beichman, C ^a   Gomez G ^b   Lo, M ^a   Masdemont, J ^c   Romans, L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astronomical search for origins; Halo orbit; Heliocentric orbit; L 2; Searching for life; Terrestrial Planet Finder; TPF

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; ORBITS; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT;

HELIOCENTRIC; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA); TERRESTRIAL PLANET;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ASTRONOMY; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 3042642217     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.05.032     Document Type: Article

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