Comparative Planetology of Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planets Enabled by the Near-Term Interstellar Probe

Whitepaper #007 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: surface/geological evolution; ocean worlds; primitive bodies

by Kirby Runyon, Caitlin Joannah Ahrens, Chloe B. Beddingfield, Joshua T. S. Cahill, Richard Cartwright, Ian Cohen, Bryan Holler, Ted Stryk, Peter Kollmann, Edwin Kite, James Tuttle Keane, John F. Cooper, Chester "Sonny" Harman, Michele Bannister, Kelsi Singer, Alan Stern, Abigail M. Rymer, Noam Izenberg, and Andrew Annex

Published onMar 18, 2021

The near-term Interstellar Probe mission concept would enable flyby geoscience investigations of a Kuiper belt dwarf planet and its space environment, advancing comparative planetology beyond Neptune.

Comparative Planetology of Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planets Enabled by the Near-Term Interstellar Probe

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