P11C:
Scientific Investigations and Synergies in the Exploration of Europa I Posters
Session ID#: 7475
Session Description:
Jupiter’s moon Europa may harbor habitable environments, and NASA has announced its intent to begin a spacecraft mission to explore this intriguing world. This session solicits presentations on high-priority science investigations for Europa that can be addressed through a multiple-flyby mission. Submissions should summarize new results, the state of knowledge, and specific investigations pertinent to the science of Europa’s ice shell and ocean, composition, geology, and/or exosphere (including potential plumes). This session also solicits presentations on results and investigations for the reconnaissance of Europa’s surface, which could aid a potential future landed mission. Contributors are encouraged to consider how multiple investigative techniques can work synergistically to address high-priority scientific questions about Europa’s habitability and surface reconnaissance.
Primary Convener: Robert T Pappalardo, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
Conveners: Louise M Prockter, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States and David Senske, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Chairs: Robert T Pappalardo, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Louise M Prockter, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States and David Senske, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison: Robert T Pappalardo, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Christopher Trivedi, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, Graham E Lau, University of Colorado at Boulder, Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Alexis S Templeton, University of Colorado, Boulder, Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States, Stephen Edward Grasby, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada and John R Spear, Colorado School of Mines, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Golden, CO, United States
Amanda M. Stockton1, Jungkyu Kim2, Britney E Schmidt3, Phil Putman4, Zachary A Duca5, Thomas Cantrell5, Michael Cato5 and Michael J Russell6, (1)Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States, (2)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States, (3)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (4)Sierra Lobo, Milan, United States, (5)Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Atlanta, GA, United States, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
David Senske, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Robert M. Nelson1, Mark D Boryta2, Bruce W Hapke3, Kenneth S. Manatt4, Adaeze Nebedum5, Desiree Olivia Kroner6, Yuriy Shkuratov7, Vladimir Psarev7, Kurt Vanderoort8 and William D Smythe9, (1)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Mt San Antonio College, Earth Sciences and Astronomy, Walnut, CA, United States, (3)University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (4)K2 Technical Services, Pasadena CA, United States, (5)Mt San Antonio College, Walnut, CA, United States, (6)University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Chemical Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (7)Kararzin University, Institute for Astronomy, Kharkiv, Ukraine, (8)California Polytechnic State University at Pomona, Department of Physics, Pomona, CA, United States, (9)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Julie C Castillo, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Nicolas Rambaux, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI, Paris, France
Cyril Grima1, Donald D Blankenship2, Dustin M Schroeder3, Alina Moussessian4, Krista Marie Soderlund2, Yonggyu Gim3, Jeffrey J Plaut5, Jamin Stevens Greenbaum1, Erika Lopez Garcia6, Bruce A Campbell7, Nathaniel E Putzig8 and Gerald (Wes) Patterson9, (1)University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States, (2)Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (5)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, (7)Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, United States, (8)Planetary Science Institute, Lakewood, CO, United States, (9)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States
Melissa A McGrath, SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States, William B Sparks, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States and John R Spencer, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Valeriy Tenishev1, Dmitry Borovikov1, Martin Rubin2, Xianzhe Jia3 and Michael R Combi1, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Bern, Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Bern, Switzerland, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Ben Southworth, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Sascha Kempf, University of Colorado at Boulder, Physics, Boulder, CO, United States and Juergen Schmidt, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Carol S Paty, University of Oregon, Earth Sciences & Clark Honors College, Eugene, OR, United States, Josef Dufek, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States and Alexia P Payan, Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States
Pavel M. Travnicek, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Ondrej Sebek, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic and Petr Hellinger, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
