Direct imaging of earth-like planets from space (TPF-C)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Traub, Wesley A ^a,b   Kaltenegger, Lisa ^b   Jucks, Kenneth W ^b   Turnbull, Margaret C ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planets; Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph; TPF; TPF C; TPF I

Indexed keywords

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER CORONAGRAPH; TPF-C; TPF-I; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER CORONAGRAPHS; TPF; SPACE INTERFEROMETER MISSION (SIM); TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER CORONAGRAPH (TPFC); TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER INTERFEROMETER (TPFI);

ASTRONOMY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETERS; PLANETS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE APPLICATIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SOLAR SYSTEM;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EARTH (PLANET); PLANETS;

EID: 33749588895     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.676257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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