| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Comparative Planetology: Solar and Extra Solar Planets |
| Main Convener | Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Jesus Martinez-Frias (CSIC/INTA, associated to the NASA Astrobiology Institute, Spain) Prof. Yasumasa Kasaba (Tohoku University, Japan) Dr. Tariq Majeed (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) |
| Session Description | The solar system contains a variety of planetary bodies, which present unique and interesting combinations of lithospheres, atmospheres, ionospheres, and magnetospheres. These spheres are connected to solar wind on one end and surface or ocean on the other, thus providing a complex coupling between the surface-neutral-plasma systems. Studying them in comparative manner enhances our thinking and knowledge about processes and physical phenomena occurring in these regions. During the last one decade several extra solar planets have been discovered, and quite recently some of them have been found to possess atmosphere. Analogies are now being drawn between the atmosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere system of the planetary bodies with those of the extra solar planets. This symposium will address observational, theoretical and modeling studies pertaining to physical, chemical, and dynamical processes occurring in different neutral-plasma spheres of planets, moons, comets, and extra solar planets, as well as their coupling among themselves and with solar/stellar wind. The session will encourage presentations that use a comparative approach to a phenomena occurring in different solar and exo-solar environments and will include both invited and contributed presentations. Innovative experimental techniques and ideas for missions to study surface-atmosphere-magnetosphere systems on planetary bodies will also be welcome. |