Whitepaper #299 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: ocean worlds
by Amanda Hendrix, Terry Hurford, Laura M. Barge, Michael T. Bland, Jeff S. Bowman, William Brinckerhoff, Bonnie Buratti, Morgan Cable, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Geoffrey Collins, John F. Cooper, Serina Diniega, Chris German, Alexander Hayes, Tori Hoehler, Sona Hosseini, Carly Howett, Alfred McEwen, Catherine Neish, Marc Neveu, Tom Nordheim, Wes Patterson, Alex Patthoff, Cynthia Phillips, Alyssa Rhoden, Britney Schmidt, Kelsi Singer, Jason M. Soderblom, Steve Vance, Rosaly M.C. Lopes, Nathalie A. Cabrol, Christian Lindensmith, Joseph Westlake, Jennifer Scully, and Paul K. Byrne
Published onMar 18, 2021
Ocean Worlds: Science Goals for the Next Decade
We describe the scientific questions for investigations that are needed for the exploration of ocean worlds. Such investigations would be carried out by a robotic flight program that would measure needed quantities at ocean worlds, and by research efforts to characterize important physical processes potentially at work on ocean worlds.
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