Uranus Study Report: KISS
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| author | Hofstadter, Mark Helled, Ravit Stevenson, David J. Ehlmann, Bethany Bethkenhagen, Mandy Cao, Hao Dong, Junjie Moutamid, Maryame El Ermakov, Anton Fuller, Jim Guillot, Tristan Idini, Benjamin Izidoro, Andre Kaspi, Yohai Kovacevic, Tanja Lainey, Valéry Levin, Steve Lunine, Jonathan Mankovich, Christopher Markham, Stephen Millot, Marius Mousis, Olivier Müller, Simon Nettelmann, Nadine Nimmo, Francis Parisi, Marzia Soderland, Krista Stixrude, Lars Teanby, Nick Vazan, Allona |
| author_facet | Hofstadter, Mark Helled, Ravit Stevenson, David J. Ehlmann, Bethany Bethkenhagen, Mandy Cao, Hao Dong, Junjie Moutamid, Maryame El Ermakov, Anton Fuller, Jim Guillot, Tristan Idini, Benjamin Izidoro, Andre Kaspi, Yohai Kovacevic, Tanja Lainey, Valéry Levin, Steve Lunine, Jonathan Mankovich, Christopher Markham, Stephen Millot, Marius Mousis, Olivier Müller, Simon Nettelmann, Nadine Nimmo, Francis Parisi, Marzia Soderland, Krista Stixrude, Lars Teanby, Nick Vazan, Allona |
| contents | Determining the internal structure of Uranus is a key objective for planetary science. Knowledge of Uranus's bulk composition and the distribution of elements is crucial to understanding its origin and evolutionary path. In addition, Uranus represents a poorly understood class of intermediate-mass planets (intermediate in size between the relatively well studied terrestrial and gas giant planets), which appear to be very common in the Galaxy. As a result, a better characterization of Uranus will also help us to better understand exoplanets in this mass and size regime. Recognizing the importance of Uranus, a Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) workshop was held in September 2023 to investigate how we can improve our knowledge of Uranus's internal structure in the context of a future Uranus mission that includes an orbiter and a probe. The scientific goals and objectives of the recently released Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey were taken as our starting point. We reviewed our current knowledge of Uranus's interior and identified measurement and other mission requirements for a future Uranus spacecraft, providing more detail than was possible in the Decadal Survey's mission study and including new insights into the measurements to be made. We also identified important knowledge gaps to be closed with Earth-based efforts in the near term that will help guide the design of the mission and interpret the data returned. |
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| spellingShingle | Uranus Study Report: KISS Hofstadter, Mark Helled, Ravit Stevenson, David J. Ehlmann, Bethany Bethkenhagen, Mandy Cao, Hao Dong, Junjie Moutamid, Maryame El Ermakov, Anton Fuller, Jim Guillot, Tristan Idini, Benjamin Izidoro, Andre Kaspi, Yohai Kovacevic, Tanja Lainey, Valéry Levin, Steve Lunine, Jonathan Mankovich, Christopher Markham, Stephen Millot, Marius Mousis, Olivier Müller, Simon Nettelmann, Nadine Nimmo, Francis Parisi, Marzia Soderland, Krista Stixrude, Lars Teanby, Nick Vazan, Allona Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Determining the internal structure of Uranus is a key objective for planetary science. Knowledge of Uranus's bulk composition and the distribution of elements is crucial to understanding its origin and evolutionary path. In addition, Uranus represents a poorly understood class of intermediate-mass planets (intermediate in size between the relatively well studied terrestrial and gas giant planets), which appear to be very common in the Galaxy. As a result, a better characterization of Uranus will also help us to better understand exoplanets in this mass and size regime. Recognizing the importance of Uranus, a Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) workshop was held in September 2023 to investigate how we can improve our knowledge of Uranus's internal structure in the context of a future Uranus mission that includes an orbiter and a probe. The scientific goals and objectives of the recently released Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey were taken as our starting point. We reviewed our current knowledge of Uranus's interior and identified measurement and other mission requirements for a future Uranus spacecraft, providing more detail than was possible in the Decadal Survey's mission study and including new insights into the measurements to be made. We also identified important knowledge gaps to be closed with Earth-based efforts in the near term that will help guide the design of the mission and interpret the data returned. |
| title | Uranus Study Report: KISS |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01872 |