Distributed Geophysical Exploration of Enceladus and Other Ocean Worlds
Whitepaper #127 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: habitability and water; ocean worlds; solar system formation, dynamics processes, and chronology
by Steven Vance, M. Behounkova, B. G. Bills, P. Byrne, O. Cadek, J. Castillo-Rogez, G. Choblet, K. Hughson, T. Hurford, S. Kedar, James Keane, Edwin Kite, A. H. Lobo, A. G. Marusiak, M. Melwani Daswani, M. P. Panning, R. S. Park, B. E. Schmidt, K. Sladkova, K. M. Soderlund, C. Sotin, O. Soucek, S. Stähler, G. Steinbrügge, S. Tharimena, A. Thompson, G. Tobie, W. Song, and S. Wang
Published onMar 18, 2021
Distributed Geophysical Exploration of Enceladus and Other Ocean Worlds
Here, we describe the benefits of distributed geophysical exploration of ocean worlds to understand their habitability, with a focus on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, a key target in the search for life.
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