Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...207.2302r&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #23.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1195
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) was selected for study by NASA as a candidate Origins Probe mission. SPIRIT is a two-telescope Michelson interferometer operating over a nominal wavelength range 25 to 400 μ m, and offering a powerful combination of spectroscopy (λ / Δ λ ˜ 3000) and sub-arcsecond angular resolution imaging in a single instrument. With angular resolution two orders of magnitude better than that of the Spitzer Space Telescope, and with comparable sensitivity, SPIRIT will enable us to learn how planetary systems form in protostellar disks, how they acquire their chemical structure, and how they evolve. Further, SPIRIT will be a powerful tool for understanding how the present-day population of galaxies formed and evolved. SPIRIT could be ready to launch as early as 2015.
Rinehart Stephen Andrew
SPIRIT Origins Probe Mission Study Team
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