The far future of exoplanet direct characterization

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-126

  Schneider, Jean ^a   Léger, Alain ^b   Fridlund, Malcolm ^c   White, Glenn J ^d,e   Eiroa, Carlos ^f   Henning, Thomas ^g   Herbst, Tom ^g   Lammer, Helmut ^h   Liseau, René ⁱ   Paresce, Francesco ^j   Penny, Alan ^e,k   Quirrenbach, Andreas ^l   Röttgering, Huub ^m   Selsis, Franck ⁿ   Beichman, Charles ^o   Danchi, William ^p   Kaltenegger, Lisa ^q   Lunine, Jonathan ^r   Stam, Daphne ^s   Tinetti, Giovanna ^t  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^h Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

ⁱ CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^j INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^k UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^m LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^o CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^q HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^s SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^t UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Direct imaging; Exo moons; Far future missions; Habitable exoplanets; High resolution spectroscopy; Surface features

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

FORECASTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949877512     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0371     Document Type: Article

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