Imaging Earth-like Exoplanets with a Small Space Telescope
by Ruslan Belikov, Tom Barclay, Natalie M. Batalha, Eduardo Bendek, Supriya Chakrabarti, Thayne Currie, Colin Goldblatt, Olivier Guyon, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Jim Kasting, Brian D Kern, Jack J Lissauer, Julien Lozi, Jared R Males, Franck Marchis, Mark S. Marley, Christian Marois, Michael W. McElwain, Christopher B. Mendillo, Jon A Morse, Eugene A. Pluzhnik, Laurent Pueyo, Billy Quarles, Elisa V. Quintana, A J Eldorado Riggs, Dan Sirbu, Karl R Stapelfeldt, and Margaret Turnbull
Published onSep 30, 2019
Imaging Earth-like Exoplanets with a Small Space Telescope
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Abstract
The α Cen AB system represents a particularly attractive target for missions to directly image exoplanets. A potentially habitable planet can in theory be imaged in the system with a telescope as small as 40cm, provided it has a powerful enough starlight suppression system. This would complement and synergise with WFIRST, LUVOIR, and HabEx.
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