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Detecting Earth-like Extra-solar Planets from Antarctica by Gravitational Microlensing by Philip Yock is a Physics and Astronomy article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Detecting Earth-like Extra-solar Planets from Antarctica by Gravitational Microlensing about?
Earth-like extra-solar planets may be detected with 1-2m class telescopes using the gravitational microlensing technique. The essential requirement is the ability to be able to carry out continuous observations of the Galactic bulge. A telescope situated at Dome A or Dome C in Antarctica would be eminently suitable. Two possible observing strategies are described here. One employs a 1m visible (V and I passbands) telescope, the other a 2m wide-field near infrared telescope. Either telescope could allow a rough measurement of the abundance of Earth-like planets in the Milky Way to be made in a few years. Useful measurements could also be made on stellar atmospheres.
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- Author
- Philip Yock
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0275-1062)
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)