A novel SETI strategy targeting the solar focal regions of the most nearby stars

@article{Gillon2013ANS,
  title={A novel SETI strategy targeting the solar focal regions of the most nearby stars},
  author={Micha{\"e}l Gillon},
  journal={Acta Astronautica},
  year={2013},
  volume={94},
  pages={629-633},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:53990678}
}
  • M. Gillon
  • Published 29 September 2013
  • Physics, Engineering
  • Acta Astronautica
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