Prospects for Future Exploration of the Trans-Neptunian Region
Whitepaper #228 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: primitive bodies
by Bryan Holler, Michele T. Bannister, Kelsi N. Singer, S. Alan Stern, Susan D. Benecchi, Cristina M. Dalle Ore, Leigh N. Fletcher, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Csaba Kiss, Pedro Lacerda, Kathleen E. Mandt, Michaël Marsset, Alex H. Parker, Noemí Pinilla-Alonso, Darin Ragozzine, Mark B. Tapley, Chadwick A. Trujillo, Orkan M. Umurhan, Hajime Yano, and Leslie A. Young
Published onMar 18, 2021
Prospects for Future Exploration of the Trans-Neptunian Region
The narrative of the trans-Neptunian region is far from complete, and a deeper understanding requires visiting additional worlds with spacecraft. Future missions must be conceived as ensemble routes that encounter a diverse collection of targets, including Centaurs, dwarf planets, and cold classical binaries.
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