Exo-C: a probe-scale space observatory for direct imaging and spectroscopy of extrasolar planetary systems

"Exo-C" is NASAs first community study of a modest aperture space telescope mission that is optimized for high contrast observations of exoplanetary systems. The mission will be capable of taking optical spectra of nearby exoplanets in reflected light, discovering previously undetected pla...

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Main Authors: Stapelfeldt, Karl R. (Author), Dekens, Frank G. (Author), Brenner, Michael P. (Author), Warfield, Keith R. (Author), Belikov, Ruslan (Author), Brugarolas, Paul B. (Author), Bryden, Geoffrey (Author), Chakrabarti, Supriya (Author), Dubovitsky, Serge (Author), Effinger, Robert T. (Author), Hirsch, Brian (Author), Kissil, Andrew (Author), Krist, John E. (Author), Lang, Jared J. (Author), Marley, Mark S. (Author), McElwain, Michael W. (Author), Meadows, Victoria S. (Author), Nissen, Joel (Author), Oseas, Jeffrey M. (Author), Pong, Chris (Author), Serabyn, Eugene (Author), Sunada, Eric (Author), Trauger, John T. (Author), Unwin, Stephen C. (Author), Cahoy, Kerri (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: SPIE, 2018-05-02T19:04:34Z.
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