| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Satellites and Rings in the Outer Solar System |
| Main Convener | Dr. Juergen Schmidt (University of Potsdam, Germany) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Hauke Hussmann (DLR Berlin, Germany) Dr. Athena Coustenis (Paris Observatory, France) Dr. Jun Kimura (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan) Dr. Steven Vance (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States) |
| Session Description | This session will be dedicated to outer planet satellites, rings and icy dwarf planets beyond Neptune. The session will include solicited, contributed, and poster presentations addressing (1) interior structure and thermal evolution, (2) surface geology and composition, (3) orbital dynamics and satellite interaction, (4) structure and dynamics of planetary rings, (5) physical properties of ring particles and small satellites (6) astro-biological implications of outer planet satellites. |