Magnetospheric Studies: A requirement for addressing interdisciplinary mysteries in the Ice Giant systems

Whitepaper #073 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: surface/geological evolution; giant planets systems; other science themes: Space physics

by Peter Kollmann, F. Allegini, R. C. Allen, N. André, A. R. Azari, F. Bagenal, C. B. Beddingfield, D. Brain, P. Brandt, X. Cao, X. Cao, R. J. Cartwright, G. Clark, I. Cohen, J. F. Cooper, F. Crary, E. J. Leonard, C. Paty, I. de Pater, R. T. Desai, G. A. DiBraccio, W. Dietrich, C. Dong, R. W. Ebert, M. Felici, R. J. Filwett, G. Fischer, D. J. Gershman, M. Gkioulidou, T. K. Greathouse, L. Griton, M. Gritsevich, K. Hibbitts, G. Hospodarsky, V. Hue, G. Hunt, H. L. F. Huybrighs, M. Imai, C. M. Jackman, J. M. Jasinski, X. Jia, I. Jun, A. Kotova, W. S. Kurth, L. Lamy, J. Lazio, S. Lejosne, C. Louis, A. Masters, B. Mauk, H. Madanian, K. E. Mandt, R. McNutt, Jr., H. Melin, S. Miller, L. Moore, Q. Nenon, F. M. Neubauer, T. Nordheim, B. Palmaerts, C. Paranicas, P. Phipps, L. Regoli, K. Retherford, L. Roth, E. Roussos, K. D. Runyon, A. Rymer, J. Saur, D. Santos-Costa, Y. Y. Shprits, L. J. Spilker, T. Stallard, A. G. Smirnov, K. Soderlund, S. Stanley, A. H. Sulaiman, J. R. Szalay, D. L. Turner, S. Vines, L. Wang, B. Weiss, J. Wicht, R. J. Wilson, and E. Woodfield

Published onMar 18, 2021

We discuss scientific mysteries in the planetary systems of Uranus and Neptune and argue that magnetosphere-related measurements are key to resolve them.

Magnetospheric Studies: A requirement for addressing interdisciplinary mysteries in the Ice Giant systems

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