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COCKELL , Charles S.

Last name: COCKELL

First name: Charles S.

2009 (v1)

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Darwin—an experimental astronomy mission to search for extrasolar planets

Cockell, Charles S. Herbst, Tom Léger, Alain

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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