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To: SunkenCiv
"In addition to this high spatial resolution, AMBER also provides astronomers with a spectral resolution up to 10000, corresponding to a velocity of 30 km/s."

I am curious as to what degree this improved "spectral" resolution might allow the discriminaton of planets amid the glare of home stars.

If one isolated those particular frequencies associated with atmospheric oxygen and water, adjusting for the speed of orbital motion, would it be possible to discern the reflection of some planets which might otherwise be lost in the broad spectrum of the parent star?

5 posted on 02/23/2007 4:27:58 PM PST by NicknamedBob (You may not grok eating the sandwich, but the sandwich groks being eaten.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Reflection?


6 posted on 02/23/2007 10:52:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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