The new worlds observer: Using occulters to directly observe planets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6265 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cash, W ^a   Schindhelm, E ^a   Arenberg, J ^b   Polidan, R ^b   Kilston, S ^c   Noecker, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Coronography; Exoplanets

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; CORONOGRAPHY; EXOPLANETS; STARLIGHT;

ASTROPHYSICS; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH; SUN;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749033910     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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