The focus of this session is the interaction between the outer planet moons in our Solar System and their magnetospheric environment. Prior developments in this field have lead to significant discoveries (e.g. subsurface oceans) and have given rise to new open questions (e.g. active plumes on Europa). Considering the unprecedented opportunity to study these interactions with the upcoming ESA’s JUICE and NASA’s Europa Clipper missions it is essential to bring together the space community on this topic. This session is important to maximize the scientific output of past and current missions, in support of the future missions.

The different topics include (but are not limited to) the fundamental electromagnetic interactions of satellites enclosed in diverse atmospheric envelopes, the effect of active processes (e.g. plumes and volcanoes) on the local electromagnetic fields, the existence of sub-surface (magma) oceans, space weathering of moon surfaces, preparatory studies for future missions, supporting laboratory studies, simulation studies and observations (remote/in-situ).

Abstracts on all outer planet moons are welcome, including those in the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn (e.g. Europa, Ganymede, Enceladus, Rhea, and Titan) and those in the not-well explored magnetospheres of Neptune and Uranus. Missions of particular relevance include Galileo, Voyager, Cassini-Huygens, Hisaki, Juno, JUICE and Europa Clipper.