Primary Convener:
Xianzhe Jia, University of Michigan

Convener:
Yasmina M. Martos, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Chris Paranicas, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
George Hospodarsky, University of Iowa

Chair:
Xianzhe Jia, University of Michigan
Yasmina M. Martos, British Antarctic Survey
Chris Paranicas, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
George Hospodarsky, University of Iowa

Magnetospheres in the outer solar system have unique characteristics due to such factors as satellite sources of plasma, circumplanetary neutral tori, and rapid planetary rotation. This session invites submissions covering the structure and dynamics of the magnetospheres of the giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) and Ganymede. Papers on magnetospheric and auroral processes related to magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, plasma transport, tail dynamics, rotational modulations, magnetospheric boundaries, and solar wind effects are consistent with our session themes. We particularly encourage submissions that compare the outer planet magnetospheres to one another, or compare them to those of terrestrial planets. The session will be an ideal forum for discussion of recent advances in our understanding of all these systems enabled by in-situ and remote observations as well as theoretical and numerical modeling.

Index Terms
2731 Magnetosphere: outer
5719 Interactions with particles and fields
5737 Magnetospheres
6222 Ganymede

Cross-Listed:
P - Planetary Sciences

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth