Exo-C: a probe-scale space mission to directly image and spectroscopically characterize exoplanetary systems using an internal coronagraph

"Exo-C" is NASA's first community study of a modest aperture space telescope designed for high contrast observations of exoplanetary systems. The mission will be capable of taking optical spectra of nearby exoplanets in reflected light, discover previously undetected planets, and imag...

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Main Authors: Stapelfeldt, Karl R. (Author), Brenner, Michael P. (Author), Warfield, Keith R. (Author), Dekens, Frank G. (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), 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)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SPIE, 2018-05-11T20:09:58Z.
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