Exploration of the Ice Giant Systems: A White Paper for NASA's Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032

2020/07/21 by C. B. Beddingfield, Cheng Li, Beddingfield, Chloe +21
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Planetary Science and Exploration #Space Exploration and Technology

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2007.11063

openalex publication_date 2020/07/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Ice giants are the only unexplored class of planet in our Solar System. Much that we currently know about these systems challenges our understanding of how planets, rings, satellites, and magnetospheres form and evolve. We assert that an ice giant Flagship mission with an atmospheric probe should be a priority for the decade 2023-2032.

Related

• Ice Giant Atmospheric Science
• Ice Giant Exploration Philosophy: Simple, Affordable
• Ice Giants Pre-Decadal Survey Mission Study Report
• Captured Small Solar System Bodies in the Ice Giant Region
• Keys of a Mission to Uranus or Neptune, the Closest Ice Giants