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DrAdamMasters

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

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@article{Hofstadter:2019:10.1016/j.pss.2019.06.004,
author = {Hofstadter, M and Simon, A and Atreya, S and Banfield, D and Fortney, Jonathan and Hayes, A and Hedman, M and Hospodarsky, G and Mandt, K and Masters, A and Showalter, M and Soderlund, K and Turrini, D and Turtle, E and Reh, K and Elliot, J and Arora, N and Petropoulos, A and Ice, giant mission study team},
doi = {10.1016/j.pss.2019.06.004},
journal = {Planetary and Space Science},
title = {Uranus and Neptune missions: a study in advance of the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2019.06.004},
volume = {177},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The ice giant planets, Uranus and Neptune, represent an important and unexplored class of planets.  Mostof our detailed information about themcomes from fleeting looks by the Voyager 2 spacecraftin the 1980s.Voyager,and ground-based work since then, found that these planets, their satellites, rings, and magnetospheres, challenge our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetarysystems.  We also now knowthat Uranus-Neptune size  planetsare  common  around  other  stars.   These are  some  of  the reasons ice  giant exploration was a high priority in NASA’smost recent Planetary Science Decadal Survey.  In preparation for the next Decadal Survey,NASA, with ESA participation,conducted a broad study of possible ice giant missions in the 2024 –2037 timeframe.  This paper summarizes the key resultsof the study,and addressesquestionsthat have been raised by the science communityand in a recent NASA review.  Foremost amongstthese are questions about the science objectives, the science payload, and the importance of an atmospheric probe.  Theconclusions ofthe NASA/ESA study remain valid.  In particular, it is a high priority to sendan orbiterand atmospheric probeto at least one of the ice giants, with instrumentationto studyall components of an ice giant system.Uranus and Neptune are found to be equally compelling  as  science  targets.   The  two  planets  are  not  equivalent, however, and  each systemhas thingsto teach us the other cannot.  An additional mission study is needed to refine plans for future exploration of these worlds.
AU  - Hofstadter,M
AU  - Simon,A
AU  - Atreya,S
AU  - Banfield,D
AU  - Fortney,Jonathan
AU  - Hayes,A
AU  - Hedman,M
AU  - Hospodarsky,G
AU  - Mandt,K
AU  - Masters,A
AU  - Showalter,M
AU  - Soderlund,K
AU  - Turrini,D
AU  - Turtle,E
AU  - Reh,K
AU  - Elliot,J
AU  - Arora,N
AU  - Petropoulos,A
AU  - Ice,giant mission study team
DO  - 10.1016/j.pss.2019.06.004
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0032-0633
TI  - Uranus and Neptune missions: a study in advance of the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey
T2  - Planetary and Space Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2019.06.004
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/70459
VL  - 177
ER  -
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