Artist's concept of the current mission configuration. The slightly conical blue cylinders indicate the field of regard spanned by the science interferometer’s collector optics. The parallel green cylinders indicate the light collected by the guide interferometer’s collector optics. The third green (conical) cylinder indicates the direction and field of view of the guide telescope.

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Graphic illustrating the mass and quantity of planets SIM Lite could potentially detect. The number of 1-Earth mass planets assumes 40% of mission time devoted to the search.

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