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Extrasolar planetary imaging coronagraph (EPIC)

Clampin et al., 2006

Document ID
1530834736545064469
Author
Clampin M
Melnick G
Lyon R
Kenyon S
Sasselov D
Tolls V
Ford H
Golimowski D
Petro L
Hartig G
Sparks W
Illingworth G
Lin D
Seager S
Weinberger A
Harwit M
Marley M
Schneider J
Shao M
Levine M
Ge J
Woodruff R
Publication year
Publication venue
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter

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The Extrasolar Planetary Imaging Coronagraph (EPIC) is a proposed NASA Discovery mission to image and characterize extrasolar giant planets in orbits with semi-major axes between 2 and 10 AU. EPIC will provide insights into the physical nature of a variety of …
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