| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Outer Solar System Satellites and Rings |
| Main Convener | Dr. Jun Kimura (Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Frank Postberg (Universitaet Heidelberg, Germany) Dr. Juergen Schmidt (University of Potsdam, Germany) Dr. Mathieu Choukroun (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States) Prof. Sushil Atreya (University of Michigan, United States) Dr. Jun Kimura (Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Dr. Athena Coustenis (Paris Observatory, France) Dr. Steven Vance (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States) Dr. Frank Sohl (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany) |
| Session Description | PS02-03: This session will be devoted to outer planet satellites, rings and icy dwarf planets, with special emphasis on observations (both from space and from the ground), modelling, laboratory studies and theoretical interpretation relevant to past, ongoing, and future missions. We would also like to have presentations on the habitability potential of such environments. In addition, abstracts on satellite interactions with their neutral environments, supporting laboratory investigations and concepts for future spacecraft missions and investigations are also relevant to this session. Relevant topics include: (1) interior structure, composition and thermal evolution, (2) surface geology and composition, (3) tenuous or thick atmosphere, (4) orbital dynamics and satellite interactions, (5) satellite interactions with their neutral environments, (6) habitability potential, (7) structure and dynamics of planetary rings, (8) physical properties of ring particles and small satellites of outer planet satellites. |