Status of the Terrestrial Planet Finder interferometer (TPF-I)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6268 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Beichman, Charles ^a   Lawson, Peter ^b   Lay, Oliver ^b   Ahmed, Asif ^b   Unwin, Steve ^b   Johnston, K ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formation flying; Infrared; Interferometry; Nulling; Planets; Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF)

Indexed keywords

FORMATION FLYING; NULLING; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER (TPF);

BIOMARKERS; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PLANETS; SPACE RESEARCH;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 33749006223     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.673583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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