Fast Infrared Exoplanet Spectroscopy Survey Explorer
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FINESSE provides uniquely detailed information and addresses many fundamental exoplanet science questions.
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| Operator | NASA |
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| Mission type | Space observatory |
| Launch date | 2017[1] |
| Mission duration | 2 years |
Fast Infrared Exoplanet Spectroscopy Survey Explorer (FINESSE) is a proposed NASA mission and space observatory in the explorer program consisting of a space telescope focused on studying the atmospheres of over 200 planets outside the Solar System with the goal of gaining understanding of the processes responsible for their composition, and how the Solar System fits into the larger family of planets.
The principal investigator is Mark Swain of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.[2] If chosen to go forward, FINESSE would launch in February 2017. The mission would last two years.
References
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- ↑ NASA - NASA Selects Science Investigations For Concept Studies, 29 September 2011.
Further reading and external links
- Official FINESSE website.
- Swain, M. R. (2010). Finesse - A New Mission Concept For Exoplanet Spectroscopy. American Astronomical Society. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 42, p. 1064.
- Space.com - AAS Dispatch: Proposed Space Mission Would Probe Alien Atmospheres
- What is FINESSE ? - video
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