| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Outer Planets and Their Analogs in Exoplanets |
| Main Convener | Dr. Wing-Huen Ip (National Central University, Taiwan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Sushil Atreya (University of Michigan, United States) Dr. Athena Coustenis (Paris Observatory, France) Prof. Takehiko Satoh (ISAS/JAXA, Japan) Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India) |
| Session Description | Ten years ago, the planetary science community was eagerly awaiting the debut of AOGS, still in the planning stage, and the launch of Cassini spacecraft a couple of years alter. A decade later, AOGS is in full bloom and the Cassini mission is still going strong. In addition, the New Horizons spacecraft will be at Pluto in July 2015, Juno will enter orbit around Jupiter a year later, and plans are being developed for a new Titan mission and a Uranus Orbiter with Probe mission in the 2020’s decade. Across the Atlantic Ocean, the JUICE mission has been approved by ESA for launch in 2025. Following in the footsteps of successful lunar missions of JAXA (Japan), CNSA (China) and ISRO (India), scientists of the Asian Continent may soon join forces with their European and American colleagues in exploring the outer solar system. Thus it is timely to organize an AOGS session on outer planets to review significant scientific achievements in the areas of planetary and satellite atmospheres, magnetosphere, icy moons and the rings, including results on the Saturn system obtained by Cassini-Huygens, prior to the anticipated observations of other outer planets and moons, and modeling of planetary phenomena. Because of tremendous advances made in the study of extrasolar giant planets, we solicit also abstracts on related topics, with a view to promote interdisciplinary dialog among planetary scientists and astrophysicists in an international settling, as most appropriately exemplified by the4 10th annual meeting of AOGS in Brisbane, Australia. |