P34C:
The Uranus and Neptune Systems, and their Relation to Other Planets II

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Session ID#: 32374

Session Description:
This session encompasses all aspects of ice-giant systems: the magnetospheres, satellites, rings, atmospheres, and interiors of Uranus and Neptune; their formation and evolution; and their relation to other planets in and beyond our solar system. Uranus and Neptune present us with several mysteries, including how they form, how their magnetic fields are generated, the energy balance of their atmospheres, and the nature of their rings and satellites, particularly those seen to be active (Triton) or with young surfaces (Miranda, Ariel). Radial migration of the ice giants may have had significant impact on the rest of the solar system. Looking beyond our system, the Kepler planet-finding spacecraft has shown that ice giants are common in our galaxy: most planets known today are thought to be ice giants. Observations, modeling, and theory related to the ice giants will inform the design of missions to Uranus and Neptune which are currently under consideration.
Primary Convener:  Kunio M Sayanagi, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, United States
Conveners:  Elizabeth P Turtle, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, Krista Marie Soderlund, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States and Mark D Hofstadter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  Krista Marie Soderlund, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States and Kunio M Sayanagi, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Mark D Hofstadter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • GP - Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism
  • SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:

6207 Comparative planetology [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6255 Neptune [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6293 Uranus [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6297 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Uranus and Neptune: internal heat flow (Invited) (251452)
Nadine Nettelmann1, Ludwig Scheibe2 and Ronald Redmer2, (1)University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, (2)University of Rostock, Physics, Rostock, Germany
Comparing VLA Maps of the Giant Planets Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune (245056)
Imke De Pater, University of California Berkeley, Departments of Astronomy and of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States, Robert J. Sault, Univ. Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Bryan J Butler, NRAO, Socorro, United States, David deBoer, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States and Michael H. Wong, U. Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
The aurorae of Uranus past equinox  (223418)
Laurent Lamy, Observatoire de Paris, LESIA, Meudon, France and the HST teams #13012 and #14036
Diurnal and Seasonal Variability of Uranus’ Magnetopause under Different IMF (227503)
Xin Cao, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States and Carol S Paty, University of Oregon, Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States
In-situ formation of Uranian satellites from debris disk formed by Giant Impact (273527)
Yuya Ishizawa, Takanori Sasaki and Natsuki Hosono, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Triton: The Connection between Rosetta, New Horizons and a future Ice Giants Mission (272559)
Kathleen Mandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Adrienn Luspay-Kuti, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States and Olivier Mousis, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, Institut Origines, LAM, Marseille, France
A numerical investigation into the dynamics of Uranus' mu-ring (Invited) (212623)
Kartik Kumar, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, Imke De Pater, University of California Berkeley, Departments of Astronomy and of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States and Mark Showalter, SETI Institute, Mountain View, United States

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