Science Return of Probing Magnetospheric Systems of Ice Giants
Whitepaper #045 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research. Additional topics: planetary magnetospheres; system science.
by Xin Cao, Xiangning Chu, Hsiang-Wen Hsu, Hao Cao, Weijie Sun, Lucas Liuzzo, Ian J. Cohen, Krista Soderlund, Jasper Halekas, Cooper John, Cartwright Richard, Omakshi Agiwal, Lauren Blum, Elena Kronberg, William Kurth, Xuanye Ma, George Hospodarsky, Andrew Poppe, Dong Lin, David Malaspina, Frank Postberg, Carol Paty, Frank Crary, Peter Kollmann, Wen Li, Peter Delamere, Michiko Morooka, Tom Nordheim, Feng Chu, James O’Donoghue, Ferdinand Plaschke, Mark Hofstadter, Suranga Ruhunusiri, and Laurent Lamy
Published onJul 31, 2023
Science Return of Probing Magnetospheric Systems of Ice Giants
We discuss the science return of probing magnetospheric systems of ice giants for the future missions, over different magnetospheric regions, across from the interaction with upstream solar wind to the downstream region of magnetotail. We emphasize the importance of detecting the magnetospheres of ice giants, which enables us to deeply understand ice giants’ space environment and habitability.
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