Ground-Based Radial Velocity as Critical Support for Future NASA Earth-Finding Missions
Abstract
A precursor radial velocity (RV) survey would benefit direct imaging missions by (1) finding potentially habitable planets; (2) improving scheduling efficiency; (3) revealing massive planets that could be mistaken for Earth-mass planets; (4) providing the surface gravities necessary for interpreting atmospheric spectra and potential biosignatures.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1903.10017
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51c.268D
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- White paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (8 pages, 4 figures)