Occulting Ozone Observatory ability to discover and locate single and multiple Earth-like planets in habitable zones

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7731, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pravdo, Steven H ^a   Shaklan, Stuart B ^a   Lisman, P Douglas ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Earth like planets; Imaging; Planetary systems

Indexed keywords

ASTROMETRY; EARTH-LIKE PLANETS; IMAGING; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; PARAMETER DETERMINATION; PLANETARY SYSTEM; SEMIMAJOR AXIS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SOLAR-LIKE STARS;

BUILDINGS; INSTRUMENTS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OZONE; PLANETS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 77958147703     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.858300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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