Scientific Rationale and Concepts for an In Situ Saturn Probe

O. Mousis (1, 2) , D. Atkinson (3, 4) , S. Atreya (5) , A. Coustenis (6) , L. N. Fletcher (7) , D. Gautier (6) , T. Guillot (8) , R. Hueso (9) , J. -P. Lebreton (10, 6) , J. I. Lunine (2) , B. Marty (11) , K. Reh (4) , E. Venkatapathy (12) , J. H. Waite (13) , P. Wurz (14)

1 UTINAM - Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213)
2 CRSR - Center for Radiophysics and Space Research [Ithaca]
3 University of Idaho [Moscow, USA]
4 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5 AOSS - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences [Ann Arbor]
6 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
7 Clarendon Laboratory [Oxford]
8 OCA - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
9 UPV/EHU - Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [Espagne]
10 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
11 CRPG - Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques
12 ARC - NASA Ames Research Center
13 SwRI - Southwest Research Institute [San Antonio]
14 University of Bern

We summarize the science case for in situ measurements at Saturn and discuss the possible mission concepts that would be consistent with the constraints of ESA M-class missions.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

O. Mousis, D. Atkinson, S. Atreya, A. Coustenis, L. N. Fletcher, et al.. Scientific Rationale and Concepts for an In Situ Saturn Probe. European Planetary Science Congress 2014, Sep 2014, Cascais, Portugal. pp.2581-2650. ⟨insu-03577341⟩