In turn, the synthetic disk - integrated spectra we produce from the GCM will be used as input to a whole planetary system spectral model that emulates observations that candidate
future direct imaging exoplanet missions might obtain (see the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Haystacks project).
This page provides the final SAG15 report status reports and documents in support of the development of the EXOPAG Study Analysis Group 15: Science Goals for
Future Direct Imaging Missions.
I will discuss how these findings can be used to constrain models of planet formation and how they may be used to optimize planet searches with
future direct imaging missions, such as HabEx and LUVOIR.
Not exact matches
There are some proposed telescopes that would help with that, but the more immediate
future is
direct imaging from the ground.
The presence of such thick dust clouds in the inner regions around some stars may pose an obstacle to the
direct imaging of Earth - like planets in the
future.
But the more immediate
future is
direct imaging from the ground.
The study builds on input from the exoplanet community to identify the most interesting science questions that we may be able to study in the
future with
direct imaging missions — that is, space telescopes that can directly image exoplanets (separating their light from that of their host stars).
Direct imaging contrast capabilities of current and
future instrumentation.
While the
future for characterization via
direct imaging is bright, studying sub-Jovian exoplanets in older systems is still out of reach for today's instruments.