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Darwin -— an experimental astronomy mission to search for extrasolar planets (2009) |
- Cockell, Charles S.,
- Herbst, Tom,
- Léger, Alain,
- Absil, O.,
- Beichman, Charles,
- Benz, Willy,
- Brack, Andre,
- Chazelas, Bruno,
- Chelli, Alain,
- Cottin, Hervé,
- Danchi, William,
- Defrère, Denis,
- Den-Herder, Jan-Willem,
- Eiroa, Carlos,
- Fridlund, Malcolm,
- Henning, Thomas,
- Johnston, Kenneth,
- Kaltenegger, Lisa,
- Labadie, Lucas,
- Lammer, Helmut,
- Launhardt, Ralf,
- Lawson, Peter,
- Lay, Oliver P.,
- Liseau, René,
- Martin, Stefan R.,
- Mawet, Dimitri,
- Mourard, Denis,
- Moutou, Claire,
- Mugnier, Laurent,
- Paresce, Francesco,
- Quirrenbach, Andreas,
- Rabbia, Yves,
- Rottgering, Huub J. A.,
- Rouan, Daniel,
- Santos, Nuno,
- Selsis, Franck,
- Serabyn, Eugene,
- Westall, Frances,
- White, Glenn,
- Ollivier, Marc,
- Bordé, Pascale
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Abstract |
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As a response to ESA call for mission concepts for its Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 plan, we propose a mission called Darwin. Its primary goal is the study of terrestrial extrasolar planets and the search for life on them. In this paper, we describe different characteristics of the instrument. |
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