A method for modifying occulter shapes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7440, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cady, Eric ^a   Shaklan, Stuart B ^b   Kasdin, N Jeremy ^a   Spergel, David ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL METHOD; OCCULTERS; SPACE-BASED; TENSIONING ELEMENT; TOLERANCING;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 75249097695     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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