The Science Case for Spacecraft Exploration of the Uranian Satellites
Richard J. Cartwright, Chloe B. Beddingfield, Tom Nordheim, Catherine Elder, Will Grundy, Ali Bramson, Michael Sori, Robert Pappalardo, Marc Neveu, Devon Burr, Anton Ermakov, Joe Roser, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Mark Showalter, Ian Cohen, Zibi Turtle, Mark Hofstadter
The five classical Uranian moons are possible ocean worlds that exhibit bizarre geologic landforms, hinting at recent surface-interior communication. However, Uranus’ classical moons, as well as its ring moons and irregular satellites, remain poorly understood. We assert that a Flagship-class orbiter is needed to explore the Uranian satellites.
Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
Cite as: arXiv:2007.07284 [astro-ph.IM] (or arXiv:2007.07284v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)
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From: Richard Cartwright
[v1] Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:20:59 UTC (4,346 KB)
