| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Icy Satellites and Rings |
| Main Convener | Dr. Jun Kimura (Earth-Life Science Institute, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Athena Coustenis (Paris Observatory, France) Dr. Frank Postberg (Universitaet Heidelberg, Germany) Dr. Mathieu Choukroun (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States) Dr. Frank Sohl (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany) Dr. Juergen Schmidt (University of Potsdam, Germany) |
| Session Description | This session will be devoted to outer planet satellites, 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) orbital dynamics and satellite interactions, (4) structure and dynamics of planetary rings, (5) physical properties of ring particles and small satellites of outer planet satellites. |