3 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
Astronomical Optical Interferometry from the Lunar Surface
Gerard van Belle, Tabetha Boyajian, Michelle Creech-Eakman +28
The lunar surface is a compelling location for large, distributed optical facilities, with significant advantages over orbital facilities for high spatial resolution astrophysics.…
astro-ph.IM2024
MoonLITE: a CLPS-delivered NASA Astrophysics Pioneers lunar optical interferometer for sensitive, milliarcsecond observing
Gerard T. van Belle, David Ciardi, Daniel Hillsberry +8
MoonLITE (Lunar InTerferometry Explorer) is an Astrophysics Pioneers proposal to develop, build, fly, and operate the first separated-aperture optical interferometer in space, deli…
astro-ph.SR2024
The Orbit and Mass of the Cepheid AW Per
Nancy Remage Evans, Alexandre Gallenne, Pierre Kervella +17
The Cepheid AW Per is a component in a multiple system with a long period orbit. The radial velocities of Griffin (2016) cover the 38 year orbit well. An extensive program of inter…