Darwin—an experimental astronomy mission to search for extrasolar planets
COUDÉ DU FORESTO, Vincent
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique [LESIA]
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique [LESIA]
SELSIS, Franck
Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon [CRAL]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
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Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon [CRAL]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Experimental Astronomy. 2009, vol. 23, p. 435-461
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English Abstract
As a response to ESA call for mission concepts for its Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 plan, we propose a mission called Darwin. Its primary goal is the study of terrestrial extrasolar planets and the search for life on them. In ...Read more >
As a response to ESA call for mission concepts for its Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 plan, we propose a mission called Darwin. Its primary goal is the study of terrestrial extrasolar planets and the search for life on them. In this paper, we describe different characteristics of the instrument.Read less <
English Keywords
Direct imaging of exoplanets
Nulling interferometry
Interferometer
Exoplanets
Habitable zone
Origin
Hal imported