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5 Detection and Study of Other Solar Systems
Pages 19-21

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... This chapter therefore only summarizes the principal recommendation from the report's Executive Summary and discusses several parallel activities at the agency. Initiate, and maintain for at least a decade, systematic observational planet searches that encompass the widest feasible domain of the planetary REPORT MENU mass versus semimajor axis exploration space.
From page 20...
... Improve the capability of theoretical models and computer experiments to make specific predictions regarding the observational properties of planetary systems at all stages of their evolution, and further develop models to aid in the interpretation of existing data. Encourage the following multidisciplinary activities between the responsible divisions at OSSA: participation of planetary scientists in the design and building of future observatories and facility instruments, and in the allocation of observing time at existing observational facilities; joint support for multidisciplinary scientific initiatives; and joint development of instrumentation for extrasolar observation.
From page 21...
... The Astrophysics Division has initiated parallel studies of the capabilities of the Large Deployable Reflector and the Space Infrared Telescope Facility to detect planetary bodies around nearby stars. Other activities in astrophysics include theoretical studies of star formation at a center established for that purpose.


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