3 papers
astro-ph.IM2011
NEAT, An Astrometric Telescope To Probe Planetary Systems Down To The Earth Mass Around Nearby Solar-Type Stars
F. Malbet, A. Léger, R. Goullioud +8
The NEAT (Nearby Earth Astrometric Telescope) mission is a proposition submitted to ESA for its 2010 call for M-size mission. The main scientific goal is to detect and characterize…
astro-ph.EP2009
Detecting and characterizing extrasolar planetary systems with astrometry: review from the Blue Dots astrometry working group
F. Malbet, A. Sozzetti, P. Lazorenko +8
The astrometry technique is an important tool for detecting and characterizing exoplanets of different type. In this review, the different projects which are either operating, in c…
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…