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Living with Stars: Future Space-Based Exoplanet Search and Characterization Missions

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The study of exoplanets have now been ongoing for more than 20 years. After a first phase of essentially discovery, a remarkable diversity has been found among the more than 1,700 objects that have been detected. Planetary bodies orbiting other stars have begun to be characterized physically, but the next stage of exploration, given an increase in sensitivities and resolutions will provide for data that can be used for comparative planetology in the real sense of the term, i.e. a direct comparison, both between objects outside the Solar System, as well as with objects within our home system. In this chapter we describe briefly all the space assets that are either in orbit, intended to be launched within the near future and also those that are decided for the intermediate time perspective.

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    The Black Cloud, William Heinemann Ltd, 1957, ISBN 0-451-11432-9.

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    http://exoplanets.eu

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    e.g. http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu

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We gratefully acknowledge the friendly atmosphere created by the staff of the International Space Institute in Bern, Switzerland, and the ISSI team Characterizing stellar- and exoplanetary environments where this chapter was discussed and planned.

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    Malcolm Fridlund, Heike Rauer & Anders Erikson

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Fridlund, M., Rauer, H., Erikson, A. (2015). Living with Stars: Future Space-Based Exoplanet Search and Characterization Missions. In: Lammer, H., Khodachenko, M. (eds) Characterizing Stellar and Exoplanetary Environments. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 411. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09749-7_13

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