Overview of the SIM PlanetQuest Light mission concept

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7013, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Goullioud, R ^a   Catanzarite, J H ^a   Dekens, F G ^a   Shao, M ^a   Marr IV, J C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Exoplanets; Interferometry; SIM

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE POSITION; ASTROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; ASTROMETRY; CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES; EARTH MASS; EXOPLANETS; INFRA RED INTERFEROMETRY; MICRO ARCING; NARROW-ANGLE ASTROMETRY; NEW CONCEPT; OPTICAL-; PARALLAX MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE BASED; SIM; SPACE BORNE; SPACE INTERFEROMETRY MISSION; STELLAR INTERFEROMETERS; TARGET STAR;

ASTROPHYSICS; CAVITY RESONATORS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INSTRUMENTS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; ORBITS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; STARS; TECHNOLOGY; TELESCOPES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 52249102189     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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