P023
Planetary Atmospheres, Space Weather, and Magnetic Fields: A Joint AGU-AAS Session
Session ID#: 159712
Session Description:
In an extrasolar planetary context, the Kepler "radius gap" between sub-Neptunes and super-Earths suggests that atmospheric escape can be driven by the interaction between a planet's atmosphere and its host star's space weather. Moreover, both the stellar properties that drive escape and a planet's magnetic field evolve over time.
The Exoplanet Science Strategy, the Pathways to Discovery Decadal Report (Panel on Exoplanets, Astrobiology, and the Solar System), and Priority Science Questions in the Origins, Worlds, and Life Decadal Report all address aspects of planetary magnetic fields and atmospheres.
For the AGU22, we will focus on results and lessons learned from studies of Solar System planets, with an invited presentation to describe relevance to extrasolar planets. For AAS 241, we will focus on results from extrasolar planets, with an invited presentation to describe how results from Solar System planets provide "ground truth."
Co-Sponsor(s):
- AAS: American Astronomical Society -
Index Terms:
5210 Planetary atmospheres, clouds, and hazes [PLANETARY SCIENCES: ASTROBIOLOGY]
5430 Interiors [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5443 Magnetospheres [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
