P54B:
Geology and Geophysics of Planetary Surfaces and Interiors: Methods, Modeling, and Missions II


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Session ID#: 61329

Session Description:
This session examines planetary surfaces and interiors and what different investigative techniques and modelling reveal about the geology and geophysics of planetary bodies. While focused on relatively small planetary bodies, including the Galilean moons and Pluto, this session includes terrestrial analog studies. Apart from highlighting the modelling of shallow and deep interior structure, there is additional focus on how data from different geological and geophysical investigations can be combined to increase science return above that obtainable from single instruments.
Primary Convener:  Ashley Gerard Davies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Conveners:  Sarah Kruse, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States, Thomas B McCord, Bear Fight Institute, Winthrop, United States and Rebecca R Ghent, Planetary Science Intitute, Tuscon, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ashley Gerard Davies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Chairs:  Ashley Gerard Davies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Sarah Kruse, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Rebecca R Ghent, Planetary Science Intitute, Tuscon, United States
Co-Organized with:
Planetary Sciences, and Near Surface Geophysics

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
Index Terms:

5499 General or miscellaneous [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
6218 Jovian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6299 General or miscellaneous [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
8147 Planetary interiors [TECTONOPHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Integrated interpretation of gravity, seismic, tidal, and radar data: the future of exploring planetary interiors (Invited) (375504)
Peter B. James, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
Using Bayesian Inference to Constrain Density Anomalies Inside Celestial Bodies from Gravity Data (415557)
Kris Izquierdo, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, Vedran Lekic, University of Maryland, Department of Geology, College Park, United States and Laurent Montesi, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States
Active Volcanism on Io: Implications for Terrestrial Planets and Ocean Worlds (Invited) (400862)
Alfred S McEwen, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, United States, Elizabeth P Turtle, JHU Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, United States, Laszlo P Keszthelyi, USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Ashley Gerard Davies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Katherine de Kleer, California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States, Christopher W. Hamilton, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States and Jani Radebaugh, Brigham Young University, Department of Geological Sciences, Provo, UT, United States
The Interior melt distribution of  Io (373091)
Dan Spencer, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom and Richard F Katz, University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
Tidally Heated Convection and Occurrence of Melting in Icy Satellites: Application to Europa and Titan (388220)
Kenny Vilella1, Frederic Deschamps2 and Wei-En Tsao1, (1)Institute of Earth Sciences Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, (2)Academia Sinica, Institute of Earth Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan
Tidal Dissipation in Subsurface Oceans: Enceladus and Other Icy Moons (353867)
Hamish Hay, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Isamu Matsuyama, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States
Estimates of Tethys’ Present-day Heat Flux and Moment of Inertia from its Long-Wavelength Topography (355019)
Szilárd Gyalay, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Kathryn Dodds, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Francis Nimmo, University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States
The Unusual Surface Roughness of Pluto’s Moon Charon from New Horizons Data (420539)
Bonnie J Buratti1, Michael D Hicks2, Mary Abgarian3, Tod Lauer4, Jason Daniel Hofgartner5,6, John Hillier7, Carly Howett8, Anne Verbiscer9, S Alan Stern10, Harold A Weaver Jr11, Andrew F. Cheng12, Catherine Olkin5 and Leslie Ann Young5, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (4)National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen, WA, United States, (8)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (10)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Dept Space Studies, Boulder, United States, (11)The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, United States, (12)JHU/APL, Laurel, United States

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