Scientific rationale for Uranus and Neptune in situ explorations

Scientific rationale for Uranus and Neptune in situ explorations

The ice giants Uranus and Neptune are the least understood class of planets in our solar system but the most frequently observed type of exoplanets. Presumed to have a small rocky core, a deep interior comprising ∼70% heavy elements surrounded by a more dilute outer envelope of H2 and He, Uranus and...

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Main Authors: Mousis, O, Atkinson, DH, Cavalié, T, Fletcher, LN, Amato, MJ, Aslam, S, Ferri, F, Renard, J-B, Spilker, T, Venkatapathy, E, Wurz, P, Aplin, K, Coustenis, A, Deleuil, M, Dobrijevic, M, Fouchet, T, Guillot, T, Hartogh, P, Hewagama, T, Hofstadter, MD, Hue, V, Hueso, R, Lebreton, J-P, Lellouch, E, Moses, J, Orton, GS, Pearl, JC, Sánchez-Lavega, A, Simon, A, Venot, O, Waite, JH, Achterberg, RK, Atreya, S, Billebaud, F, Blanc, M, Borget, F, Brugger, B, Charnoz, S, Chiavassa, T, Cottini, V, d’Hendecourt, L, Danger, G, Encrenaz, T, Gorius, NJP, Jorda, L, Marty, B, Moreno, R, Morse, A, Nixon, C, Reh, K, Ronnet, T, Schmider, F-X, Sheridan, S, Sotin, C, Vernazza, P, Villanueva, GL
Format: Journal article
Published: Elsevier 2017

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