A New Frontiers Class Mission for the Uranian System that Focuses on Moon, Magnetosphere, and Ring Science
Whitepaper #176 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: giant planets systems; ocean worlds; other planetary bodies: Ice Giant systems (Uranus)
by Erin Leonard, Catherine Elder, Tom Nordheim, Richard Cartwright, D. Alex Patthoff, Chloe Beddingfield, Matthew Tiscareno, Nathan Strange, and Tibor Balint
Published onMar 18, 2021
A New Frontiers Class Mission for the Uranian System that Focuses on Moon, Magnetosphere, and Ring Science
The Uranian system is home to the best example of a native ice giant satellite system, a magnetosphere with a unique geometry and interaction with the solar wind, and a set of curiously chaotic, narrow, and dark rings. We recommend adding a Uranus system mission to the New Frontiers list is needed to provide options for this understudied system.
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