Exoplanet Terra Incognita
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2024-04-30 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract
Exoplanet surface imaging, cartography and the search for exolife are the next frontiers of planetology and astrophysics. Here we present an over-view of ideas and techniques to resolve albedo features on exoplanetary surfaces. Albedo maps obtained in various spectral bands (similar to true-colour images) may reveal exoplanet terrains, geological history, life colonies, and even artificial structures of advanced civilizations.
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@article{arxiv.1809.05031,
title = {Exoplanet Terra Incognita},
author = {Svetlana V. Berdyugina and Jeff R. Kuhn and Ruslan Belikov and Slava G. Turyshev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.05031},
year = {2024}
}
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16 pages, 6 figures, Planetary Cartography