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astro-ph.EP2009
Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life
J. Kasting, W. Traub, A. Roberge +119
Over 300 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) have been detected orbiting nearby stars. We now hope to conduct a census of all planets around nearby stars and to characterize their atmo…
astro-ph2008
Towards a Small Prototype Planet Finding Interferometer: The next step in planet finding and characterization in the infrared
W. C. Danchi, D. Deming, K. G. Carpenter +9
During the last few years, considerable effort has been directed towards large-scale (>> $1 Billion US) missions to detect and characterize earth-like planets around nearby stars,…