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20152025
most citedScientific rationale for Uranus and Neptune in situ explorations

100 citations · 203 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

astro-ph.IM2025

Why the Northern Hemisphere Needs a 30-40 m Telescope and the Science at Stake: Key Targets of Opportunity on Gas and Ice Giants and their satellites

Ricardo Hueso, Leigh N. Fletcher, Damya Souami +15

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will transform our knowledge of the outer planets and their satellite systems; however the visibility of unique targets of opportunity with high…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 45 cited

Jupiter Science Enabled by ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

Leigh N. Fletcher, Thibault Cavalié, Davide Grassi +47

ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will provide a detailed investigation of the Jovian system in the 2030s, combining a suite of state-of-the-art instruments with an orbital…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 3 cited

The Venus' Cloud Discontinuity in 2022

J. Peralta, A. Cidadão, L. Morrone +10

First identified in 2016 by JAXA's Akatsuki mission, the discontinuity/disruption is a recurrent wave observed to propagate during decades at the deeper clouds of Venus (47--56 km…

astro-ph.EP2022

Reflectivity of Venus' dayside disk during the 2020 observation campaign: outcomes and future perspectives

Yeon Joo Lee, Antonio García Muñoz, Atsushi Yamazaki +28

We performed a unique Venus observation campaign to measure the disk brightness of Venus over a broad range of wavelengths in August and September 2020. The primary goal of the cam…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 20 cited

Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

J. Marques Oliveira, B. Sicardy, A. R. Gomes-Júnior +234

A stellar occultation by Neptune's main satellite, Triton, was observed on 5 October 2017 from Europe, North Africa, and the USA. We derived 90 light curves from this event, 42 of…

astro-ph.EP2019

In situ Exploration of the Giant Planets

Olivier Mousis, David H. Atkinson, Richard Ambrosi +27

Remote sensing observations suffer significant limitations when used to study the bulk atmospheric composition of the giant planets of our solar system. This impacts our knowledge…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 100 cited

Scientific rationale for Uranus and Neptune in situ explorations

O. Mousis, D. H. Atkinson, T. Cavalié +53

The ice giants Uranus and Neptune are the least understood class of planets in our solar system but the most frequently observed type of exoplanets. Presumed to have a small rocky…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 35 cited

The Hera Saturn Entry Probe Mission

O. Mousis, D. H. Atkinson, T. Spilker +41

The Hera Saturn entry probe mission is proposed as an M--class mission led by ESA with a contribution from NASA. It consists of one atmospheric probe to be sent into the atmosphere…