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ALL STARS EXHIBIT INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS OVER SEVERAL TIME SCALES FROM NANOSECONDS TO DAYS; THESE INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS ECHO OFF PLANETARY BODIES IN THE STAR SYSTEM AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DETECT AND IMAGE EXOPLANETS USING MODERN COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES. A MISSION UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED-APERTURE STELLAR ECHO DETECTORS COULD PROVIDE CONTINENT-LEVEL IMAGING OF EXOPLANETS MORE READILY THAN INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES AS HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION DETECTION IS LESS TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING AND MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN MULTI-KILOMETER-BASELINE FRINGE-TRACKING PARTICULARLY IN A PHOTON-STARVED REGIME. THE CONCEPT IS VIABLE FOR DETECTING EXOPLANETS AT MORE DIVERSE ORBITAL INCLINATIONS THAN IS POSSIBLE WITH TRANSIT OR RADIAL VELOCITY TECHNIQUES.

$99,935FY2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Nanohmics Inc

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