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Table 5

Detectability of known habitable-zone planets within 20 pc with LIFE and the HWO reflected-starlight notional mission.

LIFE 4 × 1 m LIFE 4 × 2 m LIFE 4 ×3.5 m HWO
Tally Σ tint Tally Σ tint Tally Σ tint
Total HZ 32 424 38 138 38 15 13
<5M 9 94 13 77 13 8 1
5M−10M 6 212 8 54 8 6 2
10M−1MJ 11 111 11 7 11 0.8 4
>1MJ 6 7 6 0.4 6 0.06 6

Notes. For LIFE, the total sum of integration time needed to detect those planets (Σ tint [h]) is also indicated.

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