SM41C:
Moon-Plasma Interactions Throughout the Solar System I

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Session ID#: 32887

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 solid 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 in-situ field and particle measurements near the terrestrial moon and from Cassini’s flybys of Saturn's icy 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 Mission. 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:  Lorenz Roth, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Sean Hsu, University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States and James O'Donoghue, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Chairs:  James O'Donoghue, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States and Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, United States

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

2732 Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
6218 Jovian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6250 Moon [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6280 Saturnian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Location and size of flux ropes in Titan’s ionosphere (228095)
Carley Martin1, Christopher Stephen Arridge1, Sarah Victoria Badman2 and Catherine Dieval1, (1)Lancaster University, Department of Physics, Lancaster, United Kingdom, (2)Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
A comprehensive picture of Callisto's magnetic and cold plasma environment during the Galileo era and implications for JUICE (Invited) (209044)
Lucas Liuzzo, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States, Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States, Moritz Feyerabend, TU Braunschweig, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Braunschweig, Germany and Uwe M Motschmann, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Braunschweig, Germany
Role of electron physics in 3D two-fluid 10-moment simulations of the Ganymede’s magnetosphere (258419)
Liang Wang, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, Kai Germaschewski, University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, Ammar Hakim, Princeton University, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States, Chuanfei Dong, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States and Amitava Bhattacharjee, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Multi-fluid MHD simulations of Europa’s interaction with Jupiter’s magnetosphere (214168)
Camilla D K Harris1, Xianzhe Jia2, James A Slavin1, Martin Rubin3 and Gabor Toth4, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, (4)University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States
Evidence of Plume on Europa from Galileo Magnetic and Plasma Density Signatures (270473)
Xianzhe Jia, University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Margaret Kivelson, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States, Krishan K Khurana, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States and William S Kurth, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
Experimental Simulation of Solar Wind Interaction with MagneticDipole Fields above Insulating Surfaces (245297)
Li Hsia Yeo1, Jia Han1, Xu Wang2, Greg Werner3, Jan Deca4, Tobin Munsat1 and Mihaly Horanyi5, (1)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, (3)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)KU Leuven, Dover, NH, United States, (5)University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Generation and Similarity of the Jovian Satellite Footprints (Invited) (206352)
Bertrand Bonfond, Université de Liège, Space sciences, Technologies & Astrophysics Research Institute, Liege, Belgium

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