Introduction: The Jovian moon Europa has long been a fascinating planetary body because of its young icy surface and subsurface ocean. Its high appeal for astrobiology and habitability implications in the solar system and beyond have made it the subject of intense scientific inquiry and of many past mission studies. The NASA flagship Europa Clipper mission [1] is currently in development and slated to launch in 2024. After insertion into the Jupiter system, it will conduct more than 40 flybys of Europa over the course of several years [2]. The suite of nine science instruments is uniquely suited to this flyby tour strategy, providing remote sensing and in situ observations of Europa and its relationship to Jupiter [3]. The primary objective of Europa Clipper is to assess the habitability of Europa, an overarching goal that rests on improving our understanding of Europa’s interior structure, composition, and geologic activity. Here we describe the Gravity/Radio Science (G/RS) investigation of Europa Clipper, which will make important observations to address key science goals.


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    Title :

    The Europa Clipper Gravity / Radio Science Investigation


    Contributors:
    Pappalardo, R. T. (author) / Senske, D. A. (author) / Korth, H. (author) / Roberts, J. H. (author) / Withers, P. (author) / Tortora, P. (author) / Park, R. S. (author) / Nimmo, F. (author) / McKinnon, W. (author) / Lunine, J. (author)

    Publication date :

    2021-03-15


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English



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