SM3 | Exploring the Solar System and beyond with NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory

SM3

Exploring the Solar System and beyond with NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory
Convener: Richard J. Cartwright | Co-convener: Bryan Holler
WED-OB5 |
Wed, 10 Sep, 15:00–16:00 (EEST)
 
Room Ganymede (room 4)
Wed, 15:00
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a planned NASA flagship astrophysics mission that will search for signs of life on candidate exo-Earths orbiting nearby stars in their habitable zones. HWO will also conduct transformative investigations in other areas of astrophysics, including in our Solar System. Future observations will assess the habitability of Ocean Worlds like Europa and Enceladus and conduct long-term monitoring of atmospheric activity at Venus, Mars, the giant planets, and Titan. HWO will also play a key role in characterizing fast-moving targets like potentially hazardous near-Earth objects and interstellar interlopers like 3I/ATLAS. As part of this session, we will provide an update on HWO’s ongoing development and the relevance of its potential instrument payload to Solar System and exoplanet science, and answer questions from the EPSC and DPS communities.

Speakers

  • Vincent Kofman, Centre for Planetary Habitability, Norway
  • Shingo Kameda, Rikkyo University, Japan
  • John Noonan, Auburn University, United States of America
  • Lorenz Roth, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden