Terrestrial planet finder: Coda to 10 years of technology development

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7440, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lawson, Peter R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; coronagraphy; extrasolar planets; formation flying; interferometry; nulling

Indexed keywords

CORONAGRAPHY; EARTH-LIKE PLANETS; EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; FORMATION FLYING; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; MIDINFRARED; MISSION CONCEPTS; NULLING; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDERS;

ASTROPHYSICS; INFRARED DEVICES; INTERFEROMETRY; NASA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; STARS; SURVEYS; TELESCOPES;

PLANETS;

EID: 78751630826     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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