U34A:
Joint AGU–AAS Session on Frontiers in Exoplanets


Note: Abstract submissions to Union sessions are by invitation only.


Session ID#: 47394

Session Description:
In recent years, data and information about exoplanets have expanded tremendously. More than 3,000 exoplanets have been identified in more than 2,000 planetary systems. Their sizes and dynamics are diverse. Several dozen systems have multiple planets in the “habitable zone.” The growing amount of data is increasingly providing (through comparison) important tests of our understanding about the formation and evolution of our solar system. Similarly, our understanding of our solar system has expanded greatly during recent decades and spacecraft have visited every planet, several asteroids, comets, as well as parts of the Kuiper belt. These observations are complemented by ground-based studies, return samples, expansion of our meteorite collections, increased understanding of Earth, especially its early history and mineral physics experiments. This session will bring together perspectives with speakers from the American Geophysical Union and the American Astronomical Society to explore needed future connections.
OSPA Liaison:  Sabine Stanley, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Primary Convener:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Kevin B Marvel, American Astronomical Society, Chevy Chase, MD, United States, Steven A. Hauck II, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States and Sabine Stanley, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Sabine Stanley, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Chairs:  Sabine Stanley, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and Cayman T Unterborn, Southwest Research Institute, Space Sciences and Engineering Division, San Antonio, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GP - Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Index Terms:

3919 Equations of state [MINERAL PHYSICS]
5499 General or miscellaneous [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5799 General or miscellaneous [PLANETARY SCIENCES: FLUID PLANETS]
6296 Extra-solar planets [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

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