Planetary Exploration Horizon 2061 Report, Chapter 3: From science questions to Solar System exploration
Abstract
This chapter of the Planetary Exploration Horizon 2061 Report reviews the way the six key questions about planetary systems, from their origins to the way they work and their habitability, identified in chapter 1, can be addressed by means of solar system exploration, and how one can find partial answers to these six questions by flying to the different provinces to the solar system: terrestrial planets, giant planets, small bodies, and up to its interface with the local interstellar medium. It derives from this analysis a synthetic description of the most important space observations to be performed at the different solar system objects by future planetary exploration missions. These observation requirements illustrate the diversity of measurement techniques to be used as well as the diversity of destinations where these observations must be made. They constitute the base for the identification of the future planetary missions we need to fly by 2061, which are described in chapter 4. Q1- How well do we understand the diversity of planetary systems objects? Q2- How well do we understand the diversity of planetary system architectures? Q3- What are the origins and formation scenarios for planetary systems? Q4- How do planetary systems work? Q5- Do planetary systems host potential habitats? Q6- Where and how to search for life?
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@article{arxiv.2211.04474,
title = {Planetary Exploration Horizon 2061 Report, Chapter 3: From science questions to Solar System exploration},
author = {Véronique Dehant and Michel Blanc and Steve Mackwell and Krista M. Soderlund and Pierre Beck and Emma Bunce and Sébastien Charnoz and Bernard Foing and Valerio Filice and Leigh N. Fletcher and François Forget and Léa Griton and Heidi Hammel and Dennis Höning and Takeshi Imamura and Caitriona Jackman and Yohai Kaspi and Oleg Korablev and Jérémy Leconte and Emmanuel Lellouch and Bernard Marty and Nicolas Mangold and Patrick Michel and Alessandro Morbidelli and Olivier Mousis and Olga Prieto-Ballesteros and Tilman Spohn and Jürgen Schmidt and Veerle J. Sterken and Nicola Tosi and Ann C. Vandaele and Pierre Vernazza and Allona Vazan and Frances Westall},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.04474},
year = {2022}
}
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107 pages, 37 figures, Horizon 2061 is a science-driven, foresight exercise, for future scientific investigations