P33E:
The Uranus and Neptune Systems and Their Relation to Other Planets II Posters


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Session ID#: 50273

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. Exploring Uranus and Neptune will reveal how they form, how their magnetic fields are generated, how their magnetospheres interact with the solar wind, 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 shaped the solar system as we know today. Looking beyond, the Kepler mission 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:  Krista Marie Soderlund, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, Xin Cao, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States and Elizabeth P Turtle, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kunio M Sayanagi, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, United States
Chairs:  Kunio M Sayanagi, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, United States and Elizabeth P Turtle, JHU Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Kunio M Sayanagi, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:

6255 Neptune [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6260 Neptunian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6290 Uranian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6293 Uranus [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Scientific rationale for Uranus and Neptune in situ explorations (437372)
Olivier Mousis, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, Institut Origines, LAM, Marseille, France and David H Atkinson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
SNAP: Small Next-generation Atmospheric Probe Concept (382089)
Kunio M Sayanagi1, Robert A. Dillman2, David H Atkinson3, Jing Li4, Sarag Saikia5, Amy Simon6, Thomas R Spilker7, Michael H. Wong8, Drew Hope2, Archit Arora9, Stephen C. Bowen10, Angela Bowes10, David G. Goggin11, Stephen J. Horan10, Samantha I Infeld12, John P. Leckey10, Timothy E. Marvel10, Ryan M. McCabe13, Anish M. Parikh10, Robert E. Fairbairn10, David J. Peterson10, Stephanie J. Primeaux10, Alexander D. Scammell10, Kevin M. Somervill10, Lawrence W. Taylor14, Hernani Patrick Tosoc2 and Loc D. Tran10, (1)Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (5)Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (7)Independent Consultant, Pasadena, CA, United States, (8)University of California, Berkeley, United States, (9)Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States, (10)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (11)NASA Langley Research Center / Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., Hampton, United States, (12)NASA Langley Research Center / Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., Hampton, CA, United States, (13)Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States, (14)Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States
Unusual Magnetic Fields of Uranus and Neptune (U/N) (358007)
William J. Nellis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
A Comprehensive Look at Neptune’s Wind Field and Cloud Structure from Multi-Wavelength Observations (411254)
Joshua Tollefson, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Imke De Pater, University of California Berkeley, Departments of Astronomy and of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States and Michael H. Wong, University of California, Berkeley, United States
Simulating the Uranian Berg Feature as a Vortex-Driven Cloud (426439)
Raymond Paul LeBeau Jr1, Kevin Farmer2, Csaba J Palotai3, Nathan Hadland4, Ramanakumar Sankar4 and Noah Nodolski4, (1)Saint Louis University, Aerospace Engineering, Saint Louis, MO, United States, (2)Saint Louis University Main Campus, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Saint Louis, United States, (3)Florida Institute of Technology, Aerospace, Physics, and Space Sciences, Melbourne, FL, United States, (4)Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States
Diurnal and Seasonal Variability of Uranus’ and Neptune’s Magnetopause under Different IMF (411494)
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
The Magnetospheric Interaction between Neptune and Triton (419262)
Carol S Paty, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences & Clark Honors College, Eugene, OR, United States and Xin Cao, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
3D numerical models of thermal convection inside Triton’s icy shell (372912)
Gregor Golabek, Universität Bayreuth, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Bayreuth, Germany, Francis Nimmo, University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States, Taras Gerya, ETH Zurich, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland, Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA, Houston, TX, United States and Alain Plattner, California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA, United States

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