Observations of Extrasolar Planets Enabled by a Return to the Moon
| dc.creator | McCullough, P. R. | |
| dc.date | 2007-03-13 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:51:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:51:34Z | |
| dc.description | Ambitious studies of Earth-like extrasolar planets are outlined in the context of an exploration initiative for a return to the Earth's Moon. Two mechanism for linearly polarizing light reflected from Earth-like planets are discussed: 1) Rayleigh-scattering from a planet's clear atmosphere, and 2) specular reflection from a planet's ocean. Both have physically simple and predictable polarized phase functions. The exoplanetary diurnal variation of the polarized light reflected from a ocean but not from a land surface has the potential to enable reconstruction of the continental boundaries on an Earth-like extrasolar planet. Digressions on the lunar exploration initiative also are presented. | |
| dc.description | To be published in Astrophysics Enabled by the Return to the Moon, Ed. M. Livio (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 2007 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703328 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703328 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/125556 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Observations of Extrasolar Planets Enabled by a Return to the Moon | |
| dc.type | text |