Primary Convener:
Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

Convener:
Lucas Liuzzo, Space Sciences Laboratory
Quentin Nenon, CNES French National Center for Space Studies
Paul Stefan Szabo, University of California Berkeley

Early Career Convener:
Randy Ruch, Georgia Institute of Technology

Chair:
Lucas Liuzzo, Space Sciences Laboratory
Paul Stefan Szabo, TU Wien
Sven Simon, Universitaet zu Koeln

This session will focus on new observational and theoretical studies of the interaction between the moons of our solar system and the magnetized plasmas incident upon them. This includes plasma interactions with the solid surfaces, atmospheres, dust environments, and intrinsic and induced magnetic fields of the moons, both inside and outside of their parent planets’ magnetospheres. Of special interest are results related to in-situ field and particle measurements near the terrestrial moon and from Cassini’s flybys of Saturn's satellites Titan, Enceladus, Rhea, and Dione. The interaction of Jupiter’s moons with their magnetospheric plasma environments will be addressed with a view to provide support to the ongoing Juno Mission and the planning of synergistic measurements during the upcoming JUICE and Europa Clipper missions. We also solicit presentations on research that paves the way toward a future exploration of plasma interactions at the large moons of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.

Index Terms
2732 Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings
6218 Jovian satellites
6280 Saturnian satellites
6290 Uranian satellites

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth