Models of the interior structure and dynamic processes of terrestrial planets are limited by our current knowledge of the thermodynamic, elastic and transport properties of their basic components. The discovery of rocky and volatile-rich exoplanets with vastly different mass-radius relationships and orbital parameters relative to the terrestrial planets of our solar system provides new challenges to constraining their interior structures and possible chemistries. The intent of the session is to prompt discussions on the relationship between new constraints on the physical properties of planetary materials, recent astrophysical observations and the implications for planetary structure and dynamic processes of solar system objects (planets and moons) and exoplanets.
We invite abstracts which entail experimental and computational studies aiming at elucidating the physical properties of icy/silicate mantle- and core-forming phases, probing the relationship between planetary structure and the interior properties of solar and extrasolar planetary bodies.