Optimization of Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph Program Completeness

Details Optimization of Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph Program Completeness Optimization of Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph Program Completeness

Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...20711805h&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #118.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1358

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

The Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) is a NASA pre-phase-A orbiting telescope with the goal of detecting and characterizing visible and near-IR light reflected from terrestrial planets. We use observational completeness, defined as the fraction of potentially observable planets that are detected, to study the impact of various mission parameters and observational scenarios on the mission goals. Overall program completeness is optimized by selecting the ordered set of observations and targets that maximizes the efficiency (completeness per time) for the ensemble of stars. We describe the optimization approach and report on completeness sensitivity to instrument throughput, inner working angle, instrument sensitivity, observational overhead, exo-zodiacal brightness, and target revisit constraints.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Optimization of Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph Program Completeness does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Optimization of Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph Program Completeness, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Optimization of Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph Program Completeness will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1284717