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The Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT)The Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) is a candidate NASA Origins Probe Mission. SPIRIT is a two-telescope Michelson interferometer covering wavelengths from 25-400 microns, providing simultaneously high spectral resolution and high angular resolution. With comparable sensitivity to Spitzer, but two orders of magnitude improvement in angular resolution, SPIRIT will enable us to address a wide array of compelling scientific questions, including how planetary systems form in disks and how new planets interact with the disk. Further, SPIRIT will lay the technological groundwork for an array of future interferometry missions with ambitious scientific goals, including the Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer / Darwin, and the Submillimeter Probe of the Evolution of Cosmic Structure.
Document ID
20070034943
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rinehart, Stephen
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
June 25, 2007
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Meeting Information
Meeting: Extreme Solar Systems
Location: Santorini
Country: Greece
Start Date: June 25, 1007
End Date: June 29, 1007
Sponsors: Pennsylvania State Univ., Northwestern Univ., Nicolaus Copernicus Univ., National Science Foundation, NASA Ames Research Center
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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