Solar System Ice Giants: Exoplanets in our Backyard
Creators: name: Rymer, Abigail
name: Mandt, Kathleen
name: Hurley, Dana
name: Lisse, Carey
name: Izenberg, Noam
name: Smith, H. Todd
name: Westlake, Joseph
name: Bunce, Emma
name: Arridge, Christopher
name: Masters, Adam
name: Hofstadter, Mark
name: Simon, Amy
name: Brandt, Pontus
name: Clark, George
name: Cohen, Ian
name: Allen, Robert
name: Vine, Sarah
name: Hansen, Kenneth
name: Hospodarsky, George
name: Kurth, William
name: Romani, Paul
name: Lamy, Laurent
name: Zarka, Philippe
name: Cao, Hao
name: Paty, Carol
name: Hedman, Matthew
name: Roussos, Elias
name: Cruikshank, Dale
name: Farrell, William
name: Fieseler, Paul
name: Coates, Andrew
name: Yelle, Roger
name: Parkinson, Christopher
name: Militzer, Burkhard
name: Grodent, Denis
name: Kollmann, Peter
name: McNutt, Ralph
name: André, Nicolas
name: Strange, Nathan
name: Barnes, Jason
name: Dones, Luke
name: Denk, Tilmann
name: Rathbun, Julie
name: Lunine, Jonathan
name: Desai, Ravi
name: Cochrane, Corey
name: Sayanagi, Kunio M.
name: Postberg, Frank
name: Ebert, Robert
name: Hill, Thomas
name: Mueller-Wodarg, Ingo
name: Regoli, Leonardo
name: Pontius, Duane
name: Stanley, Sabine
name: Greathouse, Thomas
name: Saur, Joachim
name: Marouf, Essam
name: Bergman, Jan
name: Higgins, Chuck
name: Johnson, Robert
name: Thomsen, Michelle
name: Soderlund, Krista
name: Jia, Xianzhe
name: Wilson, Robert
name: Englander, Jacob
name: Burch, Jim
name: Nordheim, Tom
name: Grava, Cesare
name: Baines, Kevin
name: Quick, Lynnae
name: Russell, Christopher
name: Cravens, Thomas
name: Cecconi, Baptiste
name: Aslam, Shahid
name: Bray, Veronica
name: Garcia-Sage, Katherine
name: Richardson, John
name: Clark, John
name: Hsu, Sean
name: Achterberg, Richard
name: Sergis, Nick
name: Paganelli, Flora
name: Kempf, Sasha
name: Orton, Glenn
name: Portyankina, Ganna
name: Jones, Geraint
name: Economou, Thanasis
name: Livengood, Timothy
name: Krimigi, Stamatios
name: Szalay, James
name: Jackman, Catriona
name: Valek, Phillip
name: Lecacheux, Alain
name: Colwell, Joshua
name: Jasinski, Jamie
name: Tosi, Federico
name: Sulaiman, Ali
name: Galand, Marina
name: Kotova, Anna
name: Khurana, Krishan
name: Kivelson, Margaret
name: Strobel, Darrell
name: Radiota, Aikaterina
name: Estrada, Paul
name: Livi, Stefano
name: Azari, Abigail
name: Yates, Japheth
name: Allegrini, Frederic
name: Vogt, Marissa
name: Felici, Marianna
name: Luhmann, Janet
name: Filacchione, Gianrico
name: Moore, Luke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Future remote sensing of exoplanets will be enhanced by a thorough investigation of our solar system Ice Giants (Neptune-size planets). What can the configuration of the magnetic field tell us (remotely) about the interior, and what implications does that field have for the structure of the magnetosphere; energy input into the atmosphere, and surface geophysics (for example surface weathering of satellites that might harbour sub-surface oceans). How can monitoring of auroral emission help inform future remote observations of emission from exoplanets? Our Solar System provides the only laboratory in which we can perform in-situ experiments to understand exoplanet formation, dynamos, systems and magnetospheres.
description: Exoplanet Science Strategy White Paper, submitted to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Space Studies Board, 9 March 2018