4 papers
Microwave Remote Sensing of Giant Planet Atmospheres: Considerations for Saturn and Uranus Orbiter Missions
Alex Akins, Mark Hofstadter
Microwave radiometer instruments are uniquely capable of studying volatile element abundances and heat/mass transport within the deep atmospheres of giant planets. The results of t…
Ice Giants Pre-Decadal Survey Mission Study Report
M. Hofstadter, A. Simon, K. Reh +26
The Ice Giants Study was commissioned by NASA to take a fresh look (as of 2017) at science priorities and concepts for missions to the Uranus and Neptune systems in preparation for…
Uranus Flagship Science-Driven Tour Design: Community Input Poll
Amy Simon, Ian Cohen, Matthew Hedman +3
The highest priority Planetary Flagship from the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey is the Uranus Orbiter and Probe. This mission enables broad, cross-disciplinary s…
Setting the Stage for Uranian Seismology from Rings and Radial Velocities
Christopher R. Mankovich, A. James Friedson, Marzia Parisi +6
A Uranus orbiter would be well positioned to detect the planet's free oscillation modes, whose frequencies can resolve questions about Uranus's weakly constrained interior. We calc…