Science goals and new mission concepts for futureexploration of Titan’s atmosphere, geologyand habitability: titan POlar scout/orbitEr and in situ lakelander and DrONe explorer (POSEIDON)
Sébastien Rodriguez
(1)
,
Sandrine Vinatier
(2)
,
Daniel Cordier
(3)
,
G. Tobie
(4)
,
Richard K. Achterberg
(5)
,
Carrie M. Anderson
(6)
,
Sarah V. Badman
(7)
,
Jason W. Barnes
(8)
,
Erika L. Barth
(9)
,
Bruno Bézard
(2)
,
Nathalie Carrasco
(10)
,
Benjamin Charnay
(2)
,
Roger N. Clark
(11)
,
Patrice Coll
(12)
,
Thomas Cornet
(13)
,
Athena Coustenis
(2)
,
Isabelle Couturier-Tamburelli
(14)
,
Michel Dobrijevic
(15)
,
F. Michael Flasar
(6)
,
Remco de Kok
(16)
,
Caroline Freissinet
(10)
,
Marina Galand
(17)
,
Thomas Gautier
(10)
,
Wolf D. Geppert
(18)
,
Caitlin A. Griffith
(19)
,
Murthy S. Gudipati
(20)
,
Lina Z. Hadid
(21)
,
Alexander G. Hayes
(22)
,
Amanda R. Hendrix
(11)
,
Ralf Jauman
(23)
,
Donald E. Jennings
(6)
,
Antoine Jolly
(12)
,
Klara Kalousova
(24)
,
Tommi T. Koskinen
(19)
,
Panayotis Lavvas
(3)
,
Sébastien Lebonnois
(25)
,
Jean-Pierre Lebreton
(26)
,
Alice Le Gall
(10)
,
Emmanuel Lellouch
(2)
,
Stéphane Le Mouélic
(4)
,
Rosaly M. C. Lopes
(20)
,
Juan M. Lora
(27)
,
Ralph D. Lorenz
(28)
,
Antoine Lucas
(1)
,
Shannon Mackenzie
(28)
,
Michael J. Malaska
(20)
,
Kathleen Mandt
(28)
,
Marco Mastrogiuseppe
(29)
,
Claire E. Newman
(30)
,
Conor A. Nixon
(6)
,
Jani Radebaugh
(31)
,
Scot C. Rafkin
(9)
,
Pascal Rannou
(3)
,
Ella M. Sciamma-O-Brien
(32)
,
Jason M. Soderblom
(33)
,
Anezina Solomonidou
(34)
,
Christophe Sotin
(4)
,
Katrin Stephan
(35)
,
Darrell Strobel
(36)
,
Cyril Szopa
(10)
,
Nicholas A. Teanby
(37)
,
Elizabeth P. Turtle
(28)
,
Véronique Vuitton
(38)
,
Robert A. West
(20)
1
IPGP (UMR_7154) -
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
2 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
3 GSMA - Groupe de spectrométrie moléculaire et atmosphérique
4 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences [UMR_C 6112]
5 Department of Astronomy [College Park]
6 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
7 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Leicester]
8 University of Idaho [Moscow, USA]
9 SwRI - Southwest Research Institute [Boulder]
10 PLANETO - LATMOS
11 PSI - Planetary Science Institute [Tucson]
12 LISA (UMR_7583) - Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
13 ESAC - European Space Astronomy Centre
14 PIIM - Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires
15 LAB - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac]
16 Department of Physical Geography [Utrecht]
17 Department of Physics [Imperial College London]
18 Department of Physics [Stockholm]
19 LPL - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson]
20 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
21 LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas
22 Cornell University [New York]
23 Institute of Geological Sciences [Berlin]
24 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics [Charles University of Praha]
25 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
26 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
27 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [New Haven]
28 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
29 UNIROMA - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
30 Aeolis Research
31 Department of Geological Sciences [BYU]
32 Space Science and Astrobiology Division at Ames
33 EAPS - Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge]
34 Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences [Pasadena]
35 DLR Institut für Planetenforschung
36 JHU - Johns Hopkins University
37 School of Earth Sciences [Bristol]
38 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
2 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
3 GSMA - Groupe de spectrométrie moléculaire et atmosphérique
4 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences [UMR_C 6112]
5 Department of Astronomy [College Park]
6 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
7 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Leicester]
8 University of Idaho [Moscow, USA]
9 SwRI - Southwest Research Institute [Boulder]
10 PLANETO - LATMOS
11 PSI - Planetary Science Institute [Tucson]
12 LISA (UMR_7583) - Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
13 ESAC - European Space Astronomy Centre
14 PIIM - Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires
15 LAB - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac]
16 Department of Physical Geography [Utrecht]
17 Department of Physics [Imperial College London]
18 Department of Physics [Stockholm]
19 LPL - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson]
20 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
21 LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas
22 Cornell University [New York]
23 Institute of Geological Sciences [Berlin]
24 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics [Charles University of Praha]
25 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
26 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
27 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [New Haven]
28 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
29 UNIROMA - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
30 Aeolis Research
31 Department of Geological Sciences [BYU]
32 Space Science and Astrobiology Division at Ames
33 EAPS - Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge]
34 Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences [Pasadena]
35 DLR Institut für Planetenforschung
36 JHU - Johns Hopkins University
37 School of Earth Sciences [Bristol]
38 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Sébastien Rodriguez
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Résumé
In response to ESA Voyage 2050 announcement of opportunity, we propose an ambitious L-class mission to explore one of the most exciting bodies in the Solar System, Saturn largest moon Titan. Titan, a "world with two oceans", is an organic-rich body with interior-surface-atmosphere interactions that are comparable in complexity to the Earth. Titan is also one of the few places in the Solar System with habitability potential. Titan remarkable nature was only partly revealed by the Cassini-Huygens mission and still holds mysteries requiring a complete exploration using a variety of vehicles and instruments. The proposed mission concept POSEIDON (Titan POlar Scout/orbitEr and In situ lake lander DrONe explorer) would perform joint orbital and in situ investigations of Titan. It is designed to build on and exceed the scope and scientific/technological accomplishments of Cassini-Huygens, exploring Titan in ways that were not previously possible, in particular through full close-up and in situ coverage over long periods of time. In the proposed mission architecture, POSEIDON consists of two major elements: a spacecraft with a large set of instruments that would orbit Titan, preferably in a low-eccentricity polar orbit, and a suite of in situ investigation components, i.e. a lake lander, a "heavy" drone (possibly amphibious) and/or a fleet of mini-drones, dedicated to the exploration of the polar regions. The ideal arrival time at Titan would be slightly before the next northern Spring equinox (2039), as equinoxes are the most active periods to monitor still largely unknown atmospheric and surface seasonal changes. The exploration of Titan northern latitudes with an orbiter and in situ element(s) would be highly complementary with the upcoming NASA New Frontiers Dragonfly mission that will provide in situ exploration of Titan equatorial regions in the mid-2030s.
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Science goals and new mission concepts for futureexploration of Titan’s atmosphere, geologyand habitability: titan POlar scout/orbitEr and in situ lakelander and DrONe explorer (POSEIDON)
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Résumé |
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In response to ESA Voyage 2050 announcement of opportunity, we propose an ambitious L-class mission to explore one of the most exciting bodies in the Solar System, Saturn largest moon Titan. Titan, a "world with two oceans", is an organic-rich body with interior-surface-atmosphere interactions that are comparable in complexity to the Earth. Titan is also one of the few places in the Solar System with habitability potential. Titan remarkable nature was only partly revealed by the Cassini-Huygens mission and still holds mysteries requiring a complete exploration using a variety of vehicles and instruments. The proposed mission concept POSEIDON (Titan POlar Scout/orbitEr and In situ lake lander DrONe explorer) would perform joint orbital and in situ investigations of Titan. It is designed to build on and exceed the scope and scientific/technological accomplishments of Cassini-Huygens, exploring Titan in ways that were not previously possible, in particular through full close-up and in situ coverage over long periods of time. In the proposed mission architecture, POSEIDON consists of two major elements: a spacecraft with a large set of instruments that would orbit Titan, preferably in a low-eccentricity polar orbit, and a suite of in situ investigation components, i.e. a lake lander, a "heavy" drone (possibly amphibious) and/or a fleet of mini-drones, dedicated to the exploration of the polar regions. The ideal arrival time at Titan would be slightly before the next northern Spring equinox (2039), as equinoxes are the most active periods to monitor still largely unknown atmospheric and surface seasonal changes. The exploration of Titan northern latitudes with an orbiter and in situ element(s) would be highly complementary with the upcoming NASA New Frontiers Dragonfly mission that will provide in situ exploration of Titan equatorial regions in the mid-2030s.
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Auteur(s) |
Sébastien Rodriguez
1
, Sandrine Vinatier
2
, Daniel Cordier
3
, G. Tobie
4
, Richard K. Achterberg
5
, Carrie M. Anderson
6
, Sarah V. Badman
7
, Jason W. Barnes
8
, Erika L. Barth
9
, Bruno Bézard
2
, Nathalie Carrasco
10
, Benjamin Charnay
2
, Roger N. Clark
11
, Patrice Coll
12
, Thomas Cornet
13
, Athena Coustenis
2
, Isabelle Couturier-Tamburelli
14
, Michel Dobrijevic
15
, F. Michael Flasar
6
, Remco de Kok
16
, Caroline Freissinet
10
, Marina Galand
17
, Thomas Gautier
10
, Wolf D. Geppert
18
, Caitlin A. Griffith
19
, Murthy S. Gudipati
20
, Lina Z. Hadid
21
, Alexander G. Hayes
22
, Amanda R. Hendrix
11
, Ralf Jauman
23
, Donald E. Jennings
6
, Antoine Jolly
12
, Klara Kalousova
24
, Tommi T. Koskinen
19
, Panayotis Lavvas
3
, Sébastien Lebonnois
25
, Jean-Pierre Lebreton
26
, Alice Le Gall
10
, Emmanuel Lellouch
2
, Stéphane Le Mouélic
4
, Rosaly M. C. Lopes
20
, Juan M. Lora
27
, Ralph D. Lorenz
28
, Antoine Lucas
1
, Shannon Mackenzie
28
, Michael J. Malaska
20
, Kathleen Mandt
28
, Marco Mastrogiuseppe
29
, Claire E. Newman
30
, Conor A. Nixon
6
, Jani Radebaugh
31
, Scot C. Rafkin
9
, Pascal Rannou
3
, Ella M. Sciamma-O-Brien
32
, Jason M. Soderblom
33
, Anezina Solomonidou
34
, Christophe Sotin
4
, Katrin Stephan
35
, Darrell Strobel
36
, Cyril Szopa
10
, Nicholas A. Teanby
37
, Elizabeth P. Turtle
28
, Véronique Vuitton
38
, Robert A. West
20
1
IPGP (UMR_7154) -
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
( 1005035 )
- 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris cedex 05 et Bât. Lamarck A case postale 7011, 75205 Paris CEDEX 13
- France
2
LESIA -
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
( 1005025 )
- 5, place Jules Janssen 92190 MEUDON
- France
3
GSMA -
Groupe de spectrométrie moléculaire et atmosphérique
( 823 )
- U.F.R. Sciences Exactes et Naturelles
Moulin de la Housse
B.P. 1039
51687 Reims Cedex 2
- France
4
LPG -
Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences [UMR_C 6112]
( 1088544 )
- 2 Rue de la Houssinière - BP 92208 44322 NANTES CEDEX 3
- France
5
Department of Astronomy [College Park]
( 486388 )
- États-Unis
6
GSFC -
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
( 21796 )
- Greenbelt, MD 20771
- États-Unis
7
Department of Physics and Astronomy [Leicester]
( 6866 )
- University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH,
- Royaume-Uni
8
University of Idaho [Moscow, USA]
( 354543 )
- 875 Perimeter Drive, Moscow, ID 83844
- États-Unis
9
SwRI -
Southwest Research Institute [Boulder]
( 253104 )
- 1050 Walnut St, Suite 300,
Boulder, CO 80302
- États-Unis
10
PLANETO - LATMOS
( 541921 )
- France
11
PSI -
Planetary Science Institute [Tucson]
( 111268 )
- 1700 E Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
- États-Unis
12
LISA (UMR_7583) -
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
( 1004864 )
- Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne - Bât. Lamarck case postale 7059 - Faculté des Sciences et Technologie 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle 94010 Créteil Cedex
- France
13
ESAC -
European Space Astronomy Centre
( 231736 )
- Camino bajo del Castillo, s/n, Urbanización Villafranca del Castillo,, Villanueva de la Cañada, E-28692 Madrid
- Espagne
14
PIIM -
Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires
( 221285 )
- Campus de Saint-Jérôme
Aile 3, Service 322
Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niémen
13397 Marseille cedex 20
- France
15
LAB -
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac]
( 29442 )
- Bât B18N - Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire
CS 50023 - 33615 Pessac Cedex France
- France
16
Department of Physical Geography [Utrecht]
( 559720 )
- Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht
- Pays-Bas
17
Department of Physics [Imperial College London]
( 459208 )
- Royaume-Uni
18
Department of Physics [Stockholm]
( 144915 )
- AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm
- Suède
19
LPL -
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson]
( 458320 )
- Tucson, AZ 85721-0092
- États-Unis
20
JPL -
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
( 61129 )
- 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA
- États-Unis
21
LPP -
Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas
( 1043006 )
- Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France - 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, France
- France
22
Cornell University [New York]
( 99874 )
- Ithaca, New York 14853
- États-Unis
23
Institute of Geological Sciences [Berlin]
( 546475 )
- 12249 Berlin
- Allemagne
24
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics [Charles University of Praha]
( 548693 )
- Ke Karlovu 2027/3, 12116 Praha 2
- Tchéquie
25
LMD -
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
( 541698 )
- LMD ENS 24 Rue Lhomond 75231 Paris Cedex 05
- France
26
LPC2E -
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
( 185533 )
- 3A, Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique 45071 Orléans cedex 2
- France
27
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [New Haven]
( 1073816 )
- États-Unis
28
APL -
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
( 417545 )
- 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland
- États-Unis
29
UNIROMA -
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
( 229915 )
- Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma
- Italie
30
Aeolis Research
( 1003154 )
- 333 N. Dobson Road, Unit 5, Chandler, AZ 85224
- États-Unis
31
Department of Geological Sciences [BYU]
( 178051 )
- Provo, Utah 84602
- États-Unis
32
Space Science and Astrobiology Division at Ames
( 445768 )
- Moffett Field
- États-Unis
33
EAPS -
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge]
( 111351 )
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
- États-Unis
34
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences [Pasadena]
( 24180 )
- États-Unis
35
DLR Institut für Planetenforschung
( 483976 )
- Berlin
- Allemagne
36
JHU -
Johns Hopkins University
( 7668 )
- Baltimore, Maryland 410-516-8000
- États-Unis
37
School of Earth Sciences [Bristol]
( 121406 )
- Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ
- Royaume-Uni
38
IPAG -
Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
( 1002500 )
- 414, Rue de la Piscine BP 53 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9
- France
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Commentaire |
arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1908.01374
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Date de publication électronique |
2022-01-11
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Licence |
Paternité
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Date de publication |
2022
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Volume |
54
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Page/Identifiant |
911-973
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
en
Titan, Atmosphere, Geology, Habitability, Orbiter, Lake lander, Drones
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arXiv Id | 2110.10466 |
DOI | 10.1007/s10686-021-09815-8 |
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