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Early stages of Galilean moon formation in a water-depleted environment
Olivier Mousis, Antoine Schneeberger, Jonathan I. Lunine +3
A key feature of the Galilean satellite system is its monotonic decrease in bulk density with distance from Jupiter, indicating an ice mass fraction that is zero in the innermost m…
An analytic solution for evaluating the magnetic field induced from an arbitrary, asymmetric ocean world
Marshall J. Styczinski, Steven D. Vance, Erika M. Harnett +1
Magnetic investigations of icy moons have provided some of the most compelling evidence available confirming the presence of subsurface, liquid water oceans. In the exploration of…
DEWPython: A Python Implementation of the Deep Earth Water Model and Application to Ocean Worlds
Andrew Chan, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Steven Vance
There are two main methods of calculating the thermodynamic properties of water and solutes: mass action (including the Helgeson-Kirkham-Flowers (HKF) equations of state and model)…
In Search of Subsurface Oceans within the Uranian Moons
C. J. Cochrane, S. D. Vance, T. A. Nordheim +3
The Galileo mission to Jupiter discovered magnetic signatures associated with hidden sub-surface oceans at the moons Europa and Callisto using the phenomenon of magnetic induction.…
Ethical Exploration and the Role of Planetary Protection in Disrupting Colonial Practices
Frank Tavares, Denise Buckner, Dana Burton +9
We recommend that the planetary science and space exploration community engage in a robust reevaluation concerning the ethics of how future crewed and uncrewed missions to the Moon…
White Paper Towards a Fuller Understanding of Icy Satellite Seafloors, Interiors, and Habitability
Paul K. Byrne, Andrew J. Dombard, Catherine M. Elder +5
Icy satellites represent compelling astrobiological targets, but their rocky interiors must be better characterized. Fundamental research programs and thematic workshops promoting…
A pole-to-equator ocean overturning circulation on Enceladus
Ana H. Lobo, Andrew F. Thompson, Steven D. Vance +1
Enceladus is believed to have a saltwater global ocean with a mean depth of at least 30~km, heated from below at the ocean-core interface and cooled at the top, where the ocean los…
Magnetic Induction in Convecting Galilean Oceans
S. D. Vance, B. G. Bills, C. J. Cochrane +4
To date, analyses of magnetic induction in putative oceans in Jupiter's large icy moons have assumed uniform conductivity in the modeled oceans. However, the phase and amplitude re…
Seismic Signals from Waves on Titan's Seas
Simon C. Stähler, Mark P. Panning, Céline Hadziioannou +4
Seismology is the main tool for inferring the deep interior structures of Earth and potentially also of other planetary bodies in the solar system. Terrestrial seismology is influe…
Self-Assembling Ice Membranes on Europa: Brinicle Properties, Field Examples, and Possible Energetic Systems in Icy Ocean Worlds
Steven D. Vance, Laura M. Barge, Silvana S. S. Cardoso +1
Brinicles are self-assembling tubular ice membrane structures, centimeters to meters in length, found beneath sea ice in the polar regions of Earth. We discuss how the properties o…
Seismic wave propagation in icy ocean worlds
Simon C. Stähler, Mark P. Panning, Steve D. Vance +4
Seismology was developed on Earth and shaped our model of the Earth's interior over the 20th century. With the exception of the Philae lander, all in situ extraterrestrial seismolo…
Vital Signs: Seismology of ocean worlds
Steven D. Vance, Sharon Kedar, Mark P. Panning +9
Ice-covered ocean worlds possess diverse energy sources and associated mechanisms that are capable of driving significant seismic activity, but to date no measurements of their sei…
Prospects of Passive Radio Detection of a Subsurface Ocean on Europa with a Lander
Andrew Romero-Wolf, Dustin M. Schroeder, Paul Ries +5
We estimate the sensitivity of a lander-based instrument for the passive radio detection of a subsurface ocean beneath the ice shell of Europa, expected to be between 3~km - 30~km…
A Passive Probe for Subsurface Oceans and Liquid Water in Jupiter's Icy Moons
Andrew Romero-Wolf, Steve Vance, Frank Maiwald +3
We describe an interferometric reflectometer method for passive detection of subsurface oceans and liquid water in Jovian icy moons using Jupiter's decametric radio emission (DAM).…