Planet Quest: SIM Technical Area

"Space Interferometery Mission: Taking the Measure of the Universe," published in 1999 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, explains how the mission will work and describes some of its major areas of scientific study. The chapters of the book may be downloaded below in PDF format.

Cover

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SIM - Space Interferometry Mission Book Cover

Table of Contents

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Chapter 1

From Milliarcseconds to Microarcseconds (332 KB)

Chapter 2

The Quest for Extrasolar Planets (163 KB)

Chapter 3

Interferometers: The Telescopes of the Future (233 KB)

Chapter 4

From Fringes to Coordinates (228 KB)

Chapter 5

Technology Development (307 KB)

Chapter 6

Instrument and Spacecraft Design (275 KB)

Chapter 7

Opportunities for Participation (88 KB)

Appendices

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Extrasolar planets, NASA exterrestrial extrasolar planets around nearby stars. SIM Space Interferometory Mission. Keck Interferometer. Terrestrial Planet Finder. Extrasolar planets, or exoplanets. Extraterrestrial. Exo-planets life space, outer space.

Extrasolar planets. Exo-planets. Searching for extrasolar planets. Searching for exo-planets. Earth-like planets in the Milky Way. Exoplanets and extra-solar planets, or exoplanets and extra-solar planets. Planets around others stars are called extrasolar planets. What is an extrasolar planet? Astronomy, or astronomy and finding planets.