Super earth explorer: a coronagraphic off-axis space telescope

Jodi Schneider (1) , A. Boccaletti (2) , D. Mawet (3) , P. Baudoz (2) , J.-L. Beuzit (4) , R. Doyon (5) , M. Marley (3) , D. Stam (6) , G. Tinetti (7) , W. Traub (8) , J. Trauger (8) , A. Aylward (7) , J. Y-K. Cho (9) , C.-U. Keller (10) , S. Udry (11) , See-Coast Team , Mathieu Barthelemy (12)

1 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories
2 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
3 ARC - NASA Ames Research Center
4 LAOG - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
5 UdeM - Université de Montréal
6 SRON - SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
7 UCL - University College of London [London]
8 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
9 QMUL - Queen Mary University of London
10 Utrecht University [Utrecht]
11 ObsGE - Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève
12 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble

The Super-Earth Explorer is an Off-Axis Space Telescope (SEE-COAST) designed for high contrast imaging. Its scientific objective is to make the physico-chemical characterization of exoplanets possibly down to 2 Earth radii. For that purpose it will analyze the spectral and polarimetric properties of the parent starlight reflected by the planets, in the wavelength range 400–1,250 nm.

Keywords: Exoplanets; Coronagraphy

Jodi Schneider, A. Boccaletti, D. Mawet, P. Baudoz, J.-L. Beuzit, et al.. Super earth explorer: a coronagraphic off-axis space telescope. Experimental Astronomy, 2009, 23 (1), pp.357-377. ⟨10.1007/s10686-008-9129-2⟩. ⟨insu-00391884⟩