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The ability of the space telescope to detect extra-solar planetary systems
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Baum, W. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1979 |
| Description | The space telescope can plan a key role in searching for and investigating the contents of extra-solar planetary systems. For about 90 nearby stars, positional variations due to major planets would be well within the astrometric capability of the wide-field/planetary camera system. Since the centroids of star images will be determined to within a milliarcsecond down to 22d magnitude, there will be an abundance of reference stars at very small angular distances from each planetary system candidate, and they will have small enough motions of their own to provide a reference frame of the stability required. |
| File Size | 621780 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19790013793 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8rc1vh02 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1979-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Charge Coupled Devices Extrasolar Planets Stellar Magnitude Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Techniques Astrometry Astronomical Photography Planetary Systems Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
