{"paper":{"title":"Telescope to Observe Planetary Systems (TOPS): a high throughput 1.2-m visible telescope with a small inner working angle","license":"","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph","authors_text":"Adam Burrows (b), b), Bruce Woodgate (c), (b) Steward Observatory, Caltech, (c) Goddard Space Flight Center, Charles Bowers (c), (d) Ames Research Center, Domenick Tenerelli (j), Donald W. McCarthy, (e) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Eugene A. Pluzhnik (a), (f) Pennsylvania State University, (g) IPAC, Hubert Martin (b), (i) LOGYX, James Burge (b), James Kasting (f), James R.P. Angel (b), (j) Lockheed Martin Space Corporation, Johanan Codona (b), Jr. (b), (k) Princeton Univ.), Masanori Iye (e), Michael Meyer (b), Motohide Tamura (e), Neville J. Woolf (b) / ((a) Subaru Telescope, Norman Sleep (h), Olivier Guyon (a, Robert A. Woodruff (j), Robert Vanderbei (k), The University of Arizona, Thomas Greene (d), Tony Spears (i), Victoria Meadows (g)","submitted_at":"2006-06-16T03:18:02Z","abstract_excerpt":"The Telescope to Observe Planetary Systems (TOPS) is a proposed space mission to image in the visible (0.4-0.9 micron) planetary systems of nearby stars simultaneously in 16 spectral bands (resolution R~20). For the ~10 most favorable stars, it will have the sensitivity to discover 2 R_E rocky planets within habitable zones and characterize their surfaces or atmospheres through spectrophotometry. Many more massive planets and debris discs will be imaged and characterized for the first time. With a 1.2m visible telescope, the proposed mission achieves its power by exploiting the most efficient "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"astro-ph/0606397","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}