Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jbis...29..471m&link_type=abstract
British Interplanetary Society, Journal, vol. 29, July-Aug. 1976, p. 471-481. NASA-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Extrasolar Planets, Feasibility Analysis, Optical Measurement, Telescopes, Earth-Moon System, Flares, Ground Stations, Hubble Space Telescope, Lunar Bases, Orbital Elements, Spaceborne Astronomy
Scientific paper
Proposed optical techniques of extrasolar planet detection are discussed and compared. These include terrestrial, orbital, and moon-based systems. Terrestrial systems include ground-level searches for random eclipses of primaries and 'light' echoes of stellar flares from companion planets as well as balloon-mounted telescopes operating in the stratosphere used in conjunction with orbital occulters. Space telescopes considered are multimirror systems simulating huge mirror diameters and single-mirror telescopes, such as the 3-meter Large Space Telescope, used in conjunction with occulters. Although very modest systems are capable of detecting extrasolar planets, the amount of information we can gather regarding these worlds is a function of system complexity and program duration.
Fennelly Alphonsus J.
Matloff Gregory L.
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