1. Darwin—an experimental astronomy mission to search for extrasolar planets.
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Cockell, Charles S., Herbst, Tom, Léger, Alain, Absil, O., Beichman, Charles, Benz, Willy, Brack, Andre, Chazelas, Bruno, Chelli, Alain, Cottin, Hervé, Coudé du Foresto, Vincent, Danchi, William, Defrère, Denis, Herder, Jan-Willem, Eiroa, Carlos, Fridlund, Malcolm, Henning, Thomas, Johnston, Kenneth, Kaltenegger, Lisa, and Labadie, Lucas
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DETECTION of extrasolar planets ,INTERFEROMETERS ,IMAGING systems in astronomy ,EARTH (Planet) ,ASTRONOMICAL spectroscopy ,ASTRONOMY - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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