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Imaging extra-solar planets with an ultra-large space telescope
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Taylor, Charles R. |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Description | NASA's Origins Program is directed toward two main goals: Imaging of galactic evolution in the early universe, and searching for planets orbiting nearby stars. The Next-Generation Space Telescope (NGST), operating at low temperature with an 8-m aperture, is well designed to meet the first goal. The goal of imaging planets orbiting nearby stars is more problematic. One line of investigation has been the ULTIMA concept (Ultra-Large Telescope, Integrated Missions in Astronomy). In this report, I will lay out the resolution requirements for telescopes to achieve the imaging of extrasolar planets, and describe a modeling tool created to investigate the requirements for imaging a planet when it is very near a much brighter star. |
| File Size | 230582 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990010048 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t46q6wk52 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1998-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Extrasolar Planets Galactic Evolution Imaging Techniques Spaceborne Telescopes Spaceborne Photography Astronomical Photography Resolution Large Space Structures Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
