Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jun 2007
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Proceedings of the conference In the Spirit of Bernard Lyot: The Direct Detection of Planets and Circumstellar Disks in the 21s
Computer Science
Scientific paper
We briefly review the science objectives and architecture of the Eclipse mission -- a proposed NASA Discovery mission to directly image nearby planetary systems with an actively-corrected coronagraphic telescope in space. Eclipse is intended to study planetary companions of nearby stars known to exist from radial velocity surveys, search the nearby stars for planets not revealed by the RV technique, carry out a sensitive survey of tenuous debris disks as signposts of planetary systems, and explore the diversity of dust structures around stars at various stages of planet formation and evolution. The system architecture is based on a 1.5-1.8 meter space telescope and a coronagraphic camera with precision wavefront correction, using mission simulation modeling and new technologies that have recently been developed and demonstrated in the laboratory.
Eclipse Proposal Team
Trauger John
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