| 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) Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India) Prof. Takehiko Satoh (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan) Dr. Linda Spilker (NASA/JPL, United States) Dr. Ding Chen (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) |
| Session Description | Ten years ago the planetary science community was eagerly awaiting the successful Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) of the Cassini spacecraft. It is now time to celebrate the excellent scientific returns and great achievements of this international mission to Titan and the Saturnian system. In addition, the New Horizons spacecraft will be at Pluto in July 2015, the JUNO spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter, and new plans are being developed for a Uranus Orbiter with Probe mission in the 2020’s. Across the Atlantic Ocean, the preparation of the JUICE mission is in up-swing for launch in 2025. Following in the footsteps of successful lunar missions of Japan, China and India, planetary scientists in Asia 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, magnetospheres, icy moons and the rings, including especially results on the Saturn system obtained by Cassini-Huygens, prior and anticipated observations of other outer planets and moons, and theoretical 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 dialogs among scientists and astrophysicists, in an international setting, as most appropriately exemplified by the 11th annual meeting of AOGS in Sapparo. |