External occulters for direct observation of exoplanets: An overview

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6687, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cash, W ^a   Schindhelm, E ^a   Arenberg, J ^b   Lo, A ^b   Polidan, R ^b   Kasdin, J ^c   Vanderbei, R ^c   Kilston, S ^d   Noecker, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Northrop Grumman Space Technologies

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Coronography; Exoplanets

Indexed keywords

CORONOGRAPHY; EXOPLANETS;

PLANETS; SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTROBIOLOGY;

EID: 42149178749     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.732645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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