JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE): An ESA mission to orbit Ganymede and to characterise the Jupiter system

O Grasset, MK Dougherty, A Coustenis… - Planetary and Space …, 2013 - Elsevier
Past exploration of Jupiter's diverse satellite system has forever changed our understanding
of the unique environments to be found around gas giants, both in our solar system and …

Environments, needs and opportunities for future space photovoltaic power generation: A review

A Bermudez-Garcia, P Voarino, O Raccurt - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims to assess the potential and requirements of photovoltaic arrays to provide
energy for more than 30 mission types to explore 14 celestial bodies in our solar system …

Energetic ion and electron irradiation of the icy Galilean satellites

JF Cooper, RE Johnson, BH Mauk, HB Garrett… - Icarus, 2001 - Elsevier
Galileo Orbiter measurements of energetic ions (20 keV to 100 MeV) and electrons (20–700
keV) in Jupiter's magnetosphere are used, in conjunction with the JPL electron model (< 40 …

A partially differentiated interior for (1) Ceres deduced from its gravity field and shape

RS Park, AS Konopliv, BG Bills, N Rambaux… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Remote observations of the asteroid (1) Ceres from ground-and space-based telescopes
have provided its approximate density and shape, leading to a range of models for the …

A reappraisal of the habitability of planets around M dwarf stars

JC Tarter, PR Backus, RL Mancinelli, JM Aurnou… - Astrobiology, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Stable, hydrogen-burning, M dwarf stars make up about 75% of all stars in the Galaxy. They
are extremely long-lived, and because they are much smaller in mass than the Sun …

Planetary magnetic fields

DJ Stevenson - Earth and planetary science letters, 2003 - Elsevier
The past several years have seen dramatic developments in the study of planetary magnetic
fields, including a wealth of new data, mainly from the Galilean satellites and Mars, together …

[BOOK][B] Life in the Universe

D Schulze-Makuch, LN Irwin - 2004 - Springer
While grounded in the hard sciences of physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy, as well
as well-accepted principles in the life sciences, astrobiology remains the most speculative of …

Tidally induced magmatic pulses on the oceanic floor of Jupiter's moon Europa

M Běhounková, G Tobie, G Choblet… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The habitability of Europa's subsurface ocean is conditioned by heat released from the deep
interior and by intensity of magmatic activity. Here, we investigate the melting of the silicate …

Gravity field, shape, and moment of inertia of Titan

L Iess, NJ Rappaport, RA Jacobson, P Racioppa… - science, 2010 - science.org
Precise radio tracking of the spacecraft Cassini has provided a determination of Titan's mass
and gravity harmonics to degree 3. The quadrupole field is consistent with a hydrostatically …

[BOOK][B] The magnetic universe: geophysical and astrophysical dynamo theory

G Rüdiger, R Hollerbach - 2006 - books.google.com
Magnetism is one of the most pervasive features of the Universe, with planets, stars and
entire galaxies all having associated magnetic fields. All of these fields are generated by the …