| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Origin and Evolution of Planets and Small Bodies |
| Main Convener | Dr. Takashi Ito (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Patryk Sofia Lykawka (Kinki University, Japan) Dr. Arika Higuchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Dr. Daniel Boice (Southwest Research Institute, United States) Dr. Daisuke Kinoshita (National Central University, Taiwan) Prof. A.-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd (PMC Univ. Paris 6 / CNRS-IPSL, France) Dr. Ji Jianghui (Purple Mountain Observatory, China) |
| Session Description | Our understanding of planet formation processes, particularly those of our own solar system through the study of the solar system small bodies such as asteroids, comets, and meteors, has progressed a great deal in recent years due to important advances in many areas that involve theoretical, observational, and experimental fields of astronomy and planetary science. These progresses have contributed to our new view of the origin and evolution of our solar system as well as extrasolar planetary systems that have been discovered with incredibly large variety. In this session, we will review a part of the latest results in these fields through theoretical, experimental, and observational aspects in terms of dynamical, physical, and chemical points of view. Our ultimate goal is to share a common view with participants as to what is already known and what is yet to be known, and hopefully to find a new breakthrough in the study of planet formation using the solar system small bodies as a peeping window. Since small bodies studies and planets formation theories are both deeply related to many other areas of planetary science, participants with various different interests are quite welcome to contribute to this session. |