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The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2009-11-03 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Authors: S. J. Bus , J. T. Rayner , A. T. Tokunaga , E. V. Tollestrup
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Abstract

This white paper describes the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, its capabilities, and its role in current and future research in planetary astronomy.

Keywords

astronomical instrumentation astrophysics and stellar phenomena

Cite

@article{arxiv.0911.0132,
  title  = {The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility},
  author = {S. J. Bus and J. T. Rayner and A. T. Tokunaga and E. V. Tollestrup},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.0132},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

8 pages, 1 figure, white paper for the Planetary Science Decadal Survey conducted by the National Academy of Sciences

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