| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Icy Satellites and Rings |
| Main Convener | Dr. Mathieu Choukroun (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Jun Kimura (Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Dr. Frank Postberg (Universitaet Heidelberg, Germany) Dr. Frank Sohl (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany) Dr. Athena Coustenis (Paris Observatory, France) Dr. Steven Vance (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States) |
| 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. |