| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Outer Planets and Icy Worlds |
| Main Convener | Dr. Steven Vance (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Athena Coustenis (Paris Observatory, France) Dr. Frank Postberg (Universitaet Heidelberg, Germany) Dr. Hauke Hussmann (DLR Berlin, Germany) Dr. Juergen Schmidt (University of Potsdam, Germany) Prof. Jianping Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Prof. Jianping Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Dr. Frank Sohl (DLR Berlin, Germany) Prof. Sushil Atreya (University of Michigan, United States) Dr. Jun Kimura (Hokkaido University, Japan) |
| Session Description | This session will be devoted to outer planet satellites, including Io and icy worlds large (e.g. Titan) and small (e.g. Enceladus), rings and icy dwarf planets. The session will include solicited, contributed, and poster presentations addressing observational, laboratory, and theoretical studies relevant to past, ongoing, and future missions. Relevant topics include: (1) interior structure, composition and thermal evolution, (2) surface geology and composition, (3) composition and dynamics of neutral atmospheres (4) orbital dynamics and satellite interactions, (5) structure and dynamics of planetary rings, (6) physical properties of ring particles and small satellites of outer planet satellites. |