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PS4.5 | Planetary seismology
Planetary seismology
Convener: Iris van ZelstECSECS | Co-conveners: B Knapmeyer-Endrun, Anna Horleston, Géraldine ZenhäusernECSECS
Seismology is one of the most powerful tools to study the interior of planetary bodies and their tectonic regime. However, studying the seismicity of solid bodies other than Earth is technically challenging and the seismic data we currently have is sparse. Recently, InSight has provided - and continues to provide - a wealth of seismological data from Mars. Similarly, the selection of Dragonfly by NASA promises a wealth of seismological observations of Titan. It is also expected that seismology will return to the Moon with the selection of the Farside Seismic Suite to fly to the farside of the Moon on a commercial lander in the next few years, and the Lunar Geophysical Network remaining an encouraged mission concept for a future NASA New Frontiers call. In addition to these mission-driven insights, modelling presents an increasingly powerful tool that can help to estimate the expected seismicity of different planetary bodies.

This session aims to bring together planetary seismology studies on a range of planetary bodies to showcase the impressive successes that have been booked so far and to learn from each other for the future.

We welcome contributions on the (anticipated) observations from space missions, such as InSight and Dragonfly, as well as theoretical estimates and modelling efforts on the seismicity of planetary bodies. We also encourage technical contributions on methods to detect seismicity on planetary bodies.