2021/03/12 by Z. Osmanov, Osmanov, Zaza
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Planetary Science and Exploration #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2103.07227
openalex publication_date 2021/03/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Here we extrapolate the idea of launching SpaceX's Starlink satellites and study the possibility of building planetary megastructures (either designed as solid objects or as a web of satellites) by Type-I civilizations and the consequent detection of their techno-signatures. We have shown that the instruments of The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) can potentially observe emission pattern of the huge constructions. Efficiency of the spectral variability method has been emphasized and the role of the FAST telescope was discussed.