GBT Astro2020 Planetary and Solar System Science

Introduction

If you are interested in participating in the GBT Astro-2020 efforts, please send an email to gbo_2020@nrao.edu indicating which of the science discussions you would like to join.

If you have any questions, please contact Frank Ghigo (fghigo@nrao.edu) who is the Green Bank coordinator for the GBT Planetary Science group.

Documentation and Links

• GBO Astro-2020 Web Page
• National Academies Astro-2020 Web Page
• GBT Star Formation Group Mailing List: gbo_astro2020_stars@listmgr.nrao.edu
• GBT Star Formation Astro-2020 Google-Drive
• GBT Planetary Science Google Drive
• Wiki page list of GBO papers

  Submitted papers:

• Planetary Radar Astronomy with Ground-Based Astrophysical Assets (Taylor et al)
• Magnetic Fields of Extrasolar Planets: Planetary Interiors and Habitability (J.Lazio et al)
• Radar Astronomy for Planetary Surface Studies (Campbell et al)
• High Frequency Solar Observing at the Green Bank Observatory (Kobelski)
• Ground-based Observations of Small Solar System Bodies: Probing Our Local Debris Disk (Lovell et al)
• Radio Scintillation Studies of Comet Ion Tails (Salter)
• Structure of terrestrial planets and ocean worlds (Margot et al)

Participants

• David Blank
• Amber Bonsall
• Bruce Campbell
• Timothy Dolch
• Bill Feldman
• Frank Ghigo
• Tapasi Ghosh
• Elizabeth Jensen
• Adam Kobelski
• Joseph Lazio
• Ronald Maddalena
• Jean-Luc Margot
• Lynn Carter
• Brett McGuire
• Arielle Moullet
• Catherine Neish
• Anthony Remijan
• Edgard Rivera-Valentin
• Chris Salter
• Matt Siegler
• Hanna Sizemore
• Patrick Taylor
• Katrina Skirmante
• Karl Warnick

Proposed topics - revised November 2018

• Bistatic radar of near earth asteroids.
  • The obvious importance is warning about possible asteroid or comet impacts on the Earth.
  • Science motivation: solar system dynamics and evolution. (Edgard, Patrick, Mike, Amber)
• Lunar and planetary radar (including planet moons)
  • Composition of Lunar regolith, evolution of Lunar surface. (Bruce C.)
  • Planet and ocean worlds dynamics and internal structure (Jean-Luc)
• Chemistry of comet comas (Amy L.)
• Ion tails of comets (Chris S.)
• Chemistry of planetary atmospheres (Arielle and Amber)
• Exoplanet auroras, Jupiter-Io type radiation (Tim Dolch)
• Physics of the Sun and solar atmosphere. Papers in progress by Adam Kobelsky and Liz Jensen

We hope to collect white papers before the end of October. They are to be submitted to the National Academy in March and should be no more than 5 pages each. Note the National Academy's instructions: "Authors should focus their white papers on the detailed presentation of fundamental and important science opportunities, rather than on broad or general studies. White papers will be of most use if they identify directly specific critical questions and opportunities as well as the potential measurements and/or theoretical advances that will address them."