Geology and Geophysics of Active Satellites and Small Bodies
Geology and Geophysics of Active Satellites and Small Bodies
Session ID#: 119744
Session Description:
This is a session of contributed and invited papers on the geology and geophysics of active or recently active satellites and dwarf planets, including small exoplanets. Research is progressing rapidly due to the stream of new spacecraft and Earth-based telescope data. Additionally, there are exciting future missions to the Jovian system under development, including Europa Clipper, JUICE, and a possible future Io-focussed mission. Papers are welcomed on processes that affect the interiors of individual bodies, including Ceres and Vesta, as well as the surface expressions they produce. Included are the effects and chronology of internal heating (tidal dissipation and radioactivity), structural evolution (e.g., differentiation), tides, and other geophysical and geological processes (e.g., volcanism).
Index Terms:
5455 Origin and evolution [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5475 Tectonics [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5480 Volcanism [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
6218 Jovian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
Primary Convener: Ashley Gerard Davies, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners: Thomas B McCord1, Katherine de Kleer2, Dennis L Matson1 and Torrence V Johnson3, (1)Bear Fight Institute, Winthrop, WA, United States(2)California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States(3)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison: Ashley Gerard Davies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
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