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... Finding: An understanding of planet formation requires a census of protoplanetary disks, young planets, and mature planetary systems across a wide range of planet-star separations.
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... and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) , will unveil an incredible discovery space in the study of planet formation, mature gas giants, and even terrestrial worlds: Finding: The GMT and TMT will enable profound advances in imaging and spectroscopy of entire planetary systems, over a wide range of masses, semimajor axes, and wavelengths, potentially including temperate Earth-size planets orbiting M-type stars.
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... Finding: A number of activities, including precursor and concurrent observations using ground- and space based facilities, would optimize the scientific yield of the WFIRST microlensing survey. Through its coronagraphic instrument, WFIRST will also play an extremely valuable role in enabling a large direct imaging mission, both through retiring technical risk and by providing more sensitive constraints than are currently available for a potentially troublesome impediment for imaging missions -- namely, exozodiacal dust.
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... Progress will require new instru ments installed on large telescopes, substantial allocations of observing time, advanced statistical methods for data analysis informed by theoretical modeling, and collaboration between observers, instrument builders, stellar astrophysicists, heliophysicists, and statisticians. Recommendation: NASA and NSF should establish a strategic initiative in extremely precise radial velocities to develop methods and facilities for measuring the masses of temperate terrestrial planets orbiting Sun-like stars.
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... The Exoplanet Science Strategy therefore includes a strategy for developing and maintaining its human capital, including addressing its demographics and standards of professional conduct. Finding: To maximize scientific potential and opportunities for excellence, institutions and organizations can enable full participation by a diverse workforce by taking concrete steps to eliminate discrimination and harassment and to proactively recruit and retain scientists from underrepresented groups.
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Key Terms

  • planets orbiting
  • potentially habitable
  • direct imaging
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  • habitable planets
  • terrestrial planets
  • temperate terrestrial
  • planet formation
  • microlensing survey

  • radial velocity
  • exoplanet research
  • exoplanet atmospheres
  • individual investigator
  • research coordination

  • mass measurements
  • overarching goals
  • coordination network
  • studying exoplanet
  • exoplanet survey

  • entire exoplanet
  • nasa exoplanet
  • exoplanet atmospheric
  • transiting exoplanet
  • bring exoplanet

  • exoplanet instrumentation
  • exoplanet habitability
  • exoplanet community
  • rocky planets
  • planets spanning


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