| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Formation and Evolution of the Solar System |
| Main Convener | Dr. Shinsuke Abe (National Central University, Taiwan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Takanori Sasaki (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Dr. Arika Higuchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Dr. Tsuyoshi Terai (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan) Prof. A.-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd (PMC Univ. Paris 6 / CNRS-IPSL, France) Dr. Daniel Boice (Southwest Research Institute, United States) |
| Session Description | The Solar System has evolved considerably since its initial formation. Orbital dynamics, spatial distribution, colors, lighcurves and physical properties have been known for thousands of Solar System small objects such as asteroids, comets (comet-asteroid transition objects), meteoroids and meteorites, but this information still represents a small percentage of all small bodies due to a selection biased. In order to understand the formation and evolution of the entire Solar System, this session will address the interrelationship between 'Planetary Formation' and 'Small Bodies in the Solar System' through a variety of research works on physical and chemical processes by means of theoretical modelings, astronomical observations (e.g. Pan-STARRS, WISE surveys including future programs such as Subaru-HSC and LSST), laboratory experiments (e.g. impact simulations, meteorites and sample return analysis) and in-situ explorations (e.g. Lutetia (ROSETTA), Hartley 2 (EPOXI), Tempel 1 (Stardust/NeXT), Itokawa (Hayabusa), Saturn's rings (Cassini-Huygens), Churuymuv-Gerasimenko (target of ROSETTA) including the updates on Dawn, New Horizons and HayabusaII). Now that we have a wonderful set of data from various space missions, this session will also present landmark results from each of the missions. Quantitative understanding of the connection between such wide fields of research works will generate new insights of the formation and evolution of the Solar System. |