Miniature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array

Miniature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array
One of the individual telescopes of the Minerva project
Alternative namesMINiature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array
Location(s)Mount Hopkins, Arizona
Coordinates31°41′18″N 110°53′07″W / 31.6884°N 110.8854°W / 31.6884; -110.8854
Websitewww.cfa.harvard.edu/minerva/
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The MINiature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array (MINERVA) is a ground-based robotic dedicated exoplanet observatory. The facility is an array of small-aperture robotic telescopes outfitted for both photometry and high-resolution Doppler spectroscopy located at the U.S. Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory at Mt. Hopkins, Arizona. The project's principal investigator is the American astronomer Jason Eastman. The telescopes were manufactured by PlaneWave Instruments.

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