The Uranus System Explorer (USE) – Unveiling the evolution and formation of icy giants

[en] The results presented are the output of a student exercise carried out at the Alpbach Summer School 2012 , the topic of which pertained to the exploration of the giant planets and their systems. In this context, we propose in this paper the Uranus System Explorer (USE), a mission to investigate the Uranus planetary system and gain new insight into the formation and evolution of icy giants.

Disciplines :

Aerospace & aeronautics engineering

Author, co-author :

Costa, Marc; Technical University of Madrid

Nordheim, Tom; University College London - UCL

Provinciali, Lorenzo; University of Pisa

Feng, Jin; Technology University of Delft

Gasc, Sébastien; University of Bern

Hilbig, Tina; Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg

Johnson, Callum; Aberystwyth University

Lisboa, Filipe Bernardo; University of Lisbon

Maier, Andrea; Austrian Academy of Sciences

Morosan, Diana; Trinity College Dublin

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Language :

English

Title :

The Uranus System Explorer (USE) – Unveiling the evolution and formation of icy giants

Publication date :

September 2012

Event name :

European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC)

Event place :

Madrid, Spain

Event date :

from 23-09-2012 to 28-09-2012

Audience :

International

Additional URL :

http://www.summerschoolalpbach.at/

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since 19 October 2012

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