OPS1 | Unveiling the Jovian Moons: Juno’s view of Io, Europa, and Ganymede

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Unveiling the Jovian Moons: Juno’s view of Io, Europa, and Ganymede
Conveners: Alessandro Mura, Scott Bolton, Rosaly Lopes, Francesca Zambon | Co-conveners: Alfred McEwen, Ryan Park, Audrey Vorburger
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| Wed, 10 Sep, 09:30–10:30 (EEST)
 
Room Uranus (Helsinki Hall)
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| Wed, 10 Sep, 11:00–12:30 (EEST)
 
Room Uranus (Helsinki Hall)
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| Wed, 10 Sep, 15:00–16:00 (EEST)
 
Room Uranus (Helsinki Hall)
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| Attendance Tue, 09 Sep, 18:00–19:30 (EEST) | Display Tue, 09 Sep, 08:30–19:30
 
Lämpiö foyer, L1–9
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Vimeo: OPS1 – Unveiling the Jovian Moons: Juno’s view of Io, Europa, and Ganymede
The exploration of Jupiter’s moons has entered an unprecedented era, driven by recent and ongoing spacecraft missions. NASA’s Juno spacecraft, now in its extended mission, has transformed from a Jupiter-focused mission into a full system explorer, performing close and distant flybys of Europa, Ganymede, and Io. Meanwhile, the upcoming dual presence of ESA’s JUICE and NASA’s Europa Clipper promises a new chapter in the study of Jupiter’s icy moons. Juno’s advanced suite of instruments has provided high-resolution imaging of surface geology and composition, subsurface sounding via microwaves and electromagnetic methods, gravitational studies of internal structures, and detailed observations of the electromagnetic fields and particle environments surrounding these moons. These data have significantly enhanced our understanding of the surface, ice shell, ocean dynamics, and interactions with the Jovian system.

This session invites contributions across a broad spectrum of Jovian system science, including results from Juno’s flybys of Europa, Ganymede, and Io, ground and space-based telescopic observations, and modeling efforts related to surface composition, geology, ice-shell thermal structure, ocean dynamics, and interior evolution, in addition what future exploration and research will be the best. Papers addressing the synergistic scientific opportunities enabled by the combined Juno and ground-based observations, by the future dual presence of JUICE and Europa Clipper, as well as comparisons with other giant planet systems and moons are also welcome.

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