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Uranus Pathfinder: exploring the origins and evolution of Ice Giant planets

Christopher S. Arridge (1) , Craig B. Agnor (2) , Nicolas André (3) , Kevin H. Baines (4) , Leigh N. Fletcher (5) , Daniel Gautier (6) , Mark D. Hofstadter (4) , Geraint H. Jones (1) , Laurent Lamy (6) , Yves Langevin (7) , Olivier Mousis (8) , Nadine Nettelmann (9) , Christopher T. Russell (10) , Tom Stallard (11) , Matthew S. Tiscareno (12) , G. Tobie (13) , Andrew Bacon , Chris Chaloner , Michael Guest , Steve Kemble (14) , Lisa Peacocke (14) , Nicholas Achilleos (15) , Thomas P. Andert (16) , Don Banfield (12) , Stas Barabash (17) , Mathieu Barthelemy (18) , Cesar Bertucci (19) , Pontus Brandt (20) , Baptiste Cecconi (6) , Supriya Chakrabarti (21) , Andy F. Cheng (20) , Ulrich Christensen (22) , Apostolos Christou (23) , Andrew J. Coates (1) , Glyn Collinson (24) , John F. Cooper (24) , Regis Courtin (6) , Michele K. Dougherty (25) , Robert W. Ebert (26) , Marta Entradas (27) , Andrew N. Fazakerley (1) , Jonathan J. Fortney (28) , Marina Galand (25) , Jaques Gustin (29) , Matthew Hedman (12) , Ravit Helled (30) , Pierre Henri (6) , Sebastien Hess (31) , Richard Holme (32) , Özgur Karatekin (33) , Norbert Krupp (22) , Jared Leisner (34) , Javier Martin-Torres (35) , Adam Masters (1) , Henrik Melin (36) , Steve Miller (27) , Ingo Müller-Wodarg (25) , Benoît Noyelles (37) , Chris Paranicas (20) , Imke de Pater (38) , Martin Pätzold (39) , Renée Prangé (6) , Eric Quémerais (40) , Elias Roussos (22) , Abigail M. Rymer (20) , Agustin Sánchez-Lavega (41) , Joachim Saur (42) , Kunio M. Sayanagi (30) , Paul Schenk (43) , Gerald Schubert (30) , Nick Sergis (44) , Frank Sohl (45) , Edward C. Sittler (24) , Nick A. Teanby (46) , Silvia Tellmann (39) , Elizabeth P. Turtle (20) , Sandrine Vinatier (6) , Jan-Erik Wahlund (17) , Philippe Zarka (6)
1 MSSL - Mullard Space Science Laboratory
2 School of Physics and Astronomy [London]
3 CESR - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
4 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5 AOPP - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics [Oxford]
6 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
7 IAS - Institut d'astrophysique spatiale
8 UTINAM - Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213)
9 University of Rostock
10 IGPP - Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics [Los Angeles]
11 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Leicester]
12 Cornell University [New York]
13 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112]
14 Astrium [Stevenage]
15 Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London]
16 Universität der Bundeswehr München [Neubiberg]
17 IRF - Swedish Institute of Space Physics [Uppsala / Kiruna]
18 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
19 IAFE - Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio [Buenos Aires]
20 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
21 CSP - Center for Space Physics [Boston]
22 MPS - Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
23 Armagh Observatory [Armagh]
24 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
25 Blackett Laboratory
26 SwRI - Southwest Research Institute [San Antonio]
27 STS - Department of Science and Technology Studies [London]
28 UC Santa Cruz - University of California [Santa Cruz]
29 LPAP - Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire
30 Department of Earth and Space Sciences [Los Angeles]
31 University of Colorado [Boulder]
32 School of Environmental Sciences [Liverpool]
33 ROB - Royal Observatory of Belgium = Observatoire Royal de Belgique
34 University of Iowa [Iowa City]
35 CAB - Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
36 Space Research Centre [Leicester]
37 FUNDP - Fondation Universitaire Notre Dame de la Paix
38 Department of Astronomy [Berkeley]
39 RIU - Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research
40 HELIOS - LATMOS
41 UPV / EHU - University of the Basque Country = Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
42 IGM - Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology [Köln]
43 LPI - Lunar and Planetary Institute [Houston]
44 Office for Space Research and Applications [Athens]
45 DLR Institute of Planetary Research
46 School of Earth Sciences [Bristol]
Nicolas André
Andrew Bacon
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Chris Chaloner
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Michael Guest
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Steve Kemble
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Don Banfield
Matthew Hedman
Adam Masters
Eric Quémerais
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Paul Schenk

Résumé

The "Ice Giants" Uranus and Neptune are a different class of planet compared to Jupiter and Saturn. Studying these objects is important for furthering our understanding of the formation and evolution of the planets, and unravelling the fundamental physical and chemical processes in the Solar System. The importance of filling these gaps in our knowledge of the Solar System is particularly acute when trying to apply our understanding to the numerous planetary systems that have been discovered around other stars. The Uranus Pathfinder (UP) mission thus represents the quintessential aspects of the objectives of the European planetary community as expressed in ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025. UP was proposed to the European Space Agency's M3 call for medium-class missions in 2010 and proposed to be the first orbiter of an Ice Giant planet. As the most accessible Ice Giant within the M-class mission envelope Uranus was identified as the mission target. Although not selected for this call the UP mission concept provides a baseline framework for the exploration of Uranus with existing low-cost platforms and underlines the need to develop power sources suitable for the outer Solar System. The UP science case is based around exploring the origins, evolution, and processes at work in Ice Giant planetary systems. Three broad themes were identified: (1) Uranus as an Ice Giant, (2) An Ice Giant planetary system, and (3) An asymmetric magnetosphere. Due to the long interplanetary transfer from Earth to Uranus a significant cruise-phase science theme was also developed. The UP mission concept calls for the use of a Mars Express/Rosetta-type platform to launch on a Soyuz-Fregat in 2021 and entering into an eccentric polar orbit around Uranus in the 2036-2037 timeframe. The science payload has a strong heritage in Europe and beyond and requires no significant technology developments.
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hal-00629831 , version 1 (12-12-2019)

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Christopher S. Arridge, Craig B. Agnor, Nicolas André, Kevin H. Baines, Leigh N. Fletcher, et al.. Uranus Pathfinder: exploring the origins and evolution of Ice Giant planets. Experimental Astronomy, 2012, 33 (2-3), pp.753-791. ⟨10.1007/s10686-011-9251-4⟩. ⟨hal-00629831⟩
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