P033
The Ice Giants: Exploring the Planetary Systems of Uranus and Neptune
The Ice Giants: Exploring the Planetary Systems of Uranus and Neptune
Session ID#: 157831
Session Description:
The Uranus and Neptune planetary systems are among the most intriguing and least explored in our Solar System, presenting exciting opportunities for new discoveries and serving as high-priority targets for future space missions. This session invites submissions of interdisciplinary topics covering all aspects of ice giant systems, including interior structure, atmospheres, ionospheres, magnetospheres, rings, satellites (including Triton), formation, and evolution. Our session welcomes presentations that advance our understanding of ice giant systems from a range of perspectives including observations, modeling, theory, and laboratory work. With a Uranus orbiter and probe ranked as the highest-priority new Flagship mission by the Planetary Decadal Survey (2023-2032), we warmly welcome relevant studies in preparation for future remote sensing and in situ explorations, including mission concepts and instrument design studies relevant to the ice giant systems. We also encourage comparative studies between the Uranus/Neptune systems and other planetary bodies, within our solar system and beyond.
Index Terms:
0343 Planetary atmospheres [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
6255 Neptune [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6261 Triton [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6293 Uranus [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
Primary Convener: Michael T Thomas Roman, University of Leicester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, LE1, United Kingdom
Conveners: Mandy Bethkenhagen1, Erin Janelle Leonard2 and Tom Andre Nordheim2, (1)Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon, Lyon, France(2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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