SM34A:
Moon-Plasma Interactions throughout the Solar System I

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Session ID#: 17361

Session Description:
This session will focus on new observational and theoretical studies of the interaction between the moons of our solar system and the magnetized plasmas incident upon them. This includes plasma interactions with the  surfaces, atmospheres, dust environments, and intrinsic and induced magnetic fields of the moons, both inside and outside of their parent planets’ magnetospheres. Of special interest are results related to  field and particle measurements near the terrestrial moon and from Cassini’s flybys of Saturn's  satellites Enceladus, Rhea and Dione. Studies deepening our understanding of the interconnection between Titan’s ionosphere and its highly dynamic magnetospheric environment are also very welcome. The interaction of Jupiter’s moons with the ambient magnetospheric plasma will be addressed with a view to provide support to the ongoing Juno Mission and the planning of synergistic measurements for the upcoming JUICE and Europa Clipper Missions. Comparative studies of the various moon-plasma interaction scenarios are particularly welcome.
Primary Convener:  Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, United States
Conveners:  Sean Hsu, University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, James O'Donoghue, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States and Carol S Paty, University of Oregon, Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States
Chairs:  Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, United States and James O'Donoghue, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Carol S Paty, University of Oregon, Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • P - Planetary Sciences
Index Terms:

2732 Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
6025 Interactions with solar wind plasma and fields [PLANETARY SCIENCES: COMETS AND SMALL BODIES]
6218 Jovian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6280 Saturnian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Kinetic Interactions Between the Solar Wind and Lunar Magnetic Fields (Invited) (117580)
Jasper S Halekas, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, Andrew R Poppe, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Shahab Fatemi, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Drew L Turner, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States and Mats Holmstrom, IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna, Kiruna, Sweden
Low Frequency Waves and Reflected Ions in the Lunar Plasma Environment (142280)
Stephanie K Howard, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, Jasper S Halekas, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, William M Farrell, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, James P McFadden, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, Institute of Geophysics and extraterrestrial Physics, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany and Dennis Fruehauff, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Particle Simulations on Plasma and Dust Environment near Lunar Vertical Holes (171111)
Yohei Miyake1, Yuji Funaki1 and Dr. Masaki N. Nishino, PhD2, (1)Kobe University, Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe, Japan, (2)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Japan
Ion and neutral populations in Europa's exosphere (179990)
Valeriy Tenishev1, Dmitry Borovikov1, Martin Rubin2, Xianzhe Jia3 and Michael R Combi1, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Bern, Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Bern, Switzerland, (3)University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States
Widespread confusion in the modeling of Europa's magnetospheric interaction: what the potential modeler should consider before getting started (192795)
Timothy A Cassidy, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Disentangling plasma interaction and induction signatures at Callisto: The Galileo C10 flyby (131671)
Lucas Liuzzo, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States, Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, United States, Moritz Feyerabend, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany and Uwe M Motschmann, DLR Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
Constraints on Io's interior from auroral spot oscillations (157441)
Lorenz Roth1, Joachim Saur2, Kurt D Retherford3, Darrell F Strobel4, Paul D Feldman4 and Aljona Blöcker2, (1)KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)University of Cologne, Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, Cologne, Germany, (3)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, United States
Energetic charged particle interactions at icy satellites (Invited) (119967)
Tom Andre Nordheim, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Kevin P Hand, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Chris Paranicas, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Carly Howett, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Amanda R Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, United States

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