Moon-Plasma Interactions Throughout the Solar System
Moon-Plasma Interactions Throughout the Solar System
Session ID#: 279209
Session Description:
This session will focus on new observational and theoretical studies of the interaction between the moons of our solar system and the magnetized plasmas incident upon them. This includes plasma interactions with the solid surfaces, atmospheres, dust environments, and intrinsic and induced magnetic fields of the moons, both inside and outside of their parent planets’ magnetospheres. Of special interest are results related to in-situ field and particle measurements near the terrestrial moon and from Cassini’s flybys of Saturn's satellites Titan, Enceladus, Rhea, and Dione. The interaction of Jupiter’s moons with their magnetospheric plasma environments will be addressed with a view to provide support to the ongoing Juno Mission and the planning of synergistic measurements during the upcoming JUICE and Europa Clipper missions. We also solicit presentations on research that paves the way toward a future exploration of plasma interactions at the large moons of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.
Index Terms:
2732 Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
6218 Jovian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6250 Moon [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6290 Uranian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
Primary Convener: Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States
Conveners: Lucas Liuzzo, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, C Michael Haynes, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States and Paul Stefan Szabo, TU Wien, Vienna, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Neil Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES
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