NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Back to Results
Optical techniques for the detection of extrasolar planets - A critical reviewProposed 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.
Document ID
19760053249
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Matloff, G. L.
(New York, Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Bergen Community College, Paramus, N.J., United States)
Fennelly, A. J.
(Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Ky., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: British Interplanetary Society
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
76A36215
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.
No Preview Available