MITM13 | Laboratory activities and experiments to support observations and space missions (sample return, analogs, analytical workflow, lab presentations etc.)

MITM13

Laboratory activities and experiments to support observations and space missions (sample return, analogs, analytical workflow, lab presentations etc.)

Convener: Giovanni Poggiali | Co-conveners: Antonin Wargnier, Koki Yumoto, Riccardo Giovanni Urso, Alessandro Pisello, Andrew Alberini, Chrysa Avdellidou

Abstract submission

Planetary materials across the Solar System present a huge diversity in physical (grain size, roughness etc.) and chemical properties (composition, mineralogy, volatile/refractory content, organic/inorganic compounds) or even change of status (liquid, solid and gas).

Laboratory work on cosmo-materials either fallen on earth, returned by space missions or synthetically produced are essential for the understanding of the history of planets, moons, and small bodies. The results of controlled experiments are essential for the interpretations of measurements obtained by ground-based and space observations as well as exploration missions. They are also necessary for planning and preparing future in situ and sample-return space missions, ensuring their success in collecting valuable samples and data.

In this session, we invite submissions related to the analysis of cosmo-materials and to the production, evolution and analysis of planetary, moons and small bodies analogues (interpretation of chemical/physical properties, predictions, preparation of analytical tools or space instruments, preparation of analytical chain for sample return analyses, etc.). Laboratory experiments necessary to interpret data of any past, present and future space missions will be particularly encouraged.