Margaret Turnbull
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Margaret Carol "Maggie" Turnbull is an American astronomer and astrobiologist. She received her PhD in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in 2004. Between 2001 and 2006 she was a part of the Vir
At the Space Telescope Science Institute in 2016
Terrestrial Planet Finder
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The Terrestrial Planet Finder was a proposed project by NASA to construct a system of space telescopes for detecting extrasolar terrestrial planets. TPF was postponed several times and finally cancell
Margaret Turnbull
…with the Allen Telescope Array (Beta Canum Venaticorum, HD 10307, HD 211415, 18 Scorpii, and 51 Pegasi). The second are her top candidates for the Terrestrial Planet Finder (Epsilon Indi, Epsilon Eridani, 40 Eridani, Alpha Centauri B, and Tau Ceti). Turnbull's work has continued to be an integral component in the search…
Terrestrial Planet Finder – Infrared interferometer concept
A simulated view of the coronagraph for Terrestrial Planet Finder. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech)
HST SWEEPS Detail 2006
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