Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986aiaa.meetq....n&link_type=abstract
AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 24th, Reno, NV, Jan. 6-9, 1986. 7 p.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astrometry, Extrasolar Planets, Space Stations, Spaceborne Telescopes, Planetary Systems, Project Planning, Research And Development
Scientific paper
The advent of the Space Station Program has provided an unexpected opportunity for the Astrometric Telescope Facility (ATF) study program by providing a potential long-duration on-orbit serviceable platform. It required a concept change for ATF from a free-flyer observatory to a Space-Station-based Observatory. The program was sent in this new direction at the start of fiscal year 1985, and program plans including study schedules and science and technical requirements are being revised and defined. The facility is designed to be versatile and capable of fulfilling the primary goal of planet detection, and to be highly useful for other astrophysics observations. Basically the ATF observing program is a long-duration plan requiring repetitive observations of single stars over a one to two decade period. These repetitive observations are needed to provide data necessary to conclusively determine the existence (or nonexistence) of planets of the Uranus and Neptune class in extrasolar planetary systems.
Nishioka Keita
Scargle Jeffrey D.
Swenson Byron L.
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