1. Solar System Ice Giants: Exoplanets in our Backyard
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Rymer, A, Mandt, K, Hurley, D, Lisse, C, Izenberg, N, Smith, HT, Westlake, J, Bunce, E, Arridge, C, Masters, A, Hofstadter, M, Simon, A, Brandt, P, Clark, G, Cohen, I, Allen, R, Vine, S, Hansen, K, Hospodarsky, G, Kurth, W, Romani, P, Lamy, L, Zarka, P, Cao, H, Paty, C, Hedman, M, Roussos, E, Cruikshank, D, Farrell, W, Fieseler, P, Coates, A, Yelle, R, Parkinson, C, Militzer, B, Grodent, D, Kollmann, P, McNutt, R, André, N, Strange, N, Barnes, J, Dones, L, Denk, T, Rathbun, J, Lunine, J, Desai, R, Cochrane, C, Sayanagi, KM, Postberg, F, Ebert, R, Hill, T, Mueller-Wodarg, I, Regoli, L, Pontius, D, Stanley, S, Greathouse, T, Saur, J, Marouf, E, Bergman, J, Higgins, C, Johnson, R, Thomsen, M, Soderlund, K, Jia, X, Wilson, R, Englander, J, Burch, J, Nordheim, T, Grava, C, Baines, K, Quick, L, Russell, C, Cravens, T, Cecconi, B, Aslam, S, Bray, V, Garcia-Sage, K, Richardson, J, Clark, J, Hsu, S, Achterberg, R, Sergis, N, Paganelli, F, Kempf, S, Orton, G, Portyankina, G, Jones, G, Economou, T, Livengood, T, Krimigi, S, Szalay, J, Jackman, C, Valek, P, Lecacheux, A, Colwell, J, Jasinski, J, Tosi, F, Sulaiman, A, Galand, M, Kotova, A, Khurana, K, Kivelson, M, Strobel, D, Radiota, A, Estrada, P, Livi, S, Azari, A, Yates, J, Allegrini, F, Vogt, M, Felici, M, Luhmann, J, Filacchione, G, and Moore, L
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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Physics::Space Physics ,astro-ph.EP ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - Abstract
Future remote sensing of exoplanets will be enhanced by a thorough investigation of our solar system Ice Giants (Neptune-size planets). What can the configuration of the magnetic field tell us (remotely) about the interior, and what implications does that field have for the structure of the magnetosphere; energy input into the atmosphere, and surface geophysics (for example surface weathering of satellites that might harbour sub-surface oceans). How can monitoring of auroral emission help inform future remote observations of emission from exoplanets? Our Solar System provides the only laboratory in which we can perform in-situ experiments to understand exoplanet formation, dynamos, systems and magnetospheres.
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- 2019