The TOLIMAN space telescope

Peter Tuthill; Eduardo Bendek; Olivier Guyon; Anthony Horton; Bryn Jeffries; Nemanja Jovanovic; Pete Klupar; Kieran Larkin; Barnaby Norris; Benjamin Pope; Mike Shao

doi:10.1117/12.2313269

The TOLIMAN space telescope

Peter Tuthill, Eduardo Bendek, Olivier Guyon, Anthony Horton, Bryn Jeffries, Nemanja Jovanovic, Pete Klupar, Kieran Larkin, Barnaby Norris, Benjamin Pope, Mike Shao

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Abstract

The TOLIMAN space telescope is a low-cost, agile mission concept dedicated to astrometric detection of exoplanets in the near-solar environment, and particularly targeting the Alpha Cen system. Although successful discovery technologies are now populating exoplanetary catalogs into the thousands, contemporary astronomy is still poorly equipped to answer the basic question of whether there are any rocky planets orbiting any particular star system. Toliman will make a first study of stars within 10 PC of the sun by deploying an innovative optical and signal encoding architecture that leverages the most promising technology to deliver data on this critical stellar sample: High precision astrometric monitoring. Here we present results from the Foundational Mission Study, jointly funded by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation and the University of Sydney which has translated innovative underlying design principles into error budgets and potential spacecraft systems designs.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI
Editors	Peter G. Tuthill, Michelle J. Creech-Eakman, Antoine Merand
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Print)	9781510619555
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313269
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	2018 Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI - Austin, United States Duration: Jun 11 2018 → Jun 15 2018

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10701
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Other

Other	2018 Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	6/11/18 → 6/15/18

Keywords

Astrometry
Exoplanet detection
high precision astronomical measurement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Tuthill, P., Bendek, E., Guyon, O., Horton, A., Jeffries, B., Jovanovic, N., Klupar, P., Larkin, K., Norris, B., Pope, B., & Shao, M. (2018). The TOLIMAN space telescope. In P. G. Tuthill, M. J. Creech-Eakman, & A. Merand (Eds.), Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI Article 107011J (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10701). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313269

The TOLIMAN space telescope. / Tuthill, Peter; Bendek, Eduardo; Guyon, Olivier et al.
Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI. ed. / Peter G. Tuthill; Michelle J. Creech-Eakman; Antoine Merand. SPIE, 2018. 107011J (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10701).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Tuthill, P, Bendek, E, Guyon, O, Horton, A, Jeffries, B, Jovanovic, N, Klupar, P, Larkin, K, Norris, B, Pope, B & Shao, M 2018, The TOLIMAN space telescope. in PG Tuthill, MJ Creech-Eakman & A Merand (eds), Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI., 107011J, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10701, SPIE, 2018 Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI, Austin, United States, 6/11/18. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313269

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