Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018

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[EJ] Oral

P (Space and Planetary Sciences) » P-PS Planetary Sciences

[P-PS07] Mars and Mars system: results from a broad spectrum of Mars studies and aspects for future missions

Sun. May 20, 2018 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 201A (2F International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Hideaki Miyamoto(University of Tokyo), Tomohiro Usui(Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Ayako Matsuoka(宇宙航空研究開発機構 宇宙科学研究所 太陽系科学研究系, 共同), Sushil K Atreya (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), Chairperson:Miyamoto Hideaki, Usui Tomohiro

Unprecedented progress in being made in our understanding of the planet Mars, especially because of new data from the US, European, Russian, and Asian missions to Mars. Eight spacecraft are currently operating at Mars, with six in orbit (Odyssey, MRO, MAVEN, Mars Express, Mangalyaan and TGO) and two on the surface (MSL-Curiosity and MER-Opportunity), the largest number ever at any given time. In addition InSight Lander is on track for launch in 2018, and Mars 2020, ExoMars and the Emirates Mars Mission in 2020. All this is a clear demonstration of public's strong fascination with and commitment to Mars exploration and the resulting scientific bonanza. Synergistic investigations with ongoing or already completed missions along with modeling studies and earth-based observations are gradually revealing the nature of Earth's most closely resembling planet that took on a different evolutionary track. Morphology and variable phenomena seen on the surface (RSLs, for example) indicate the red planet may possibly be still active, and require a clear understanding of its current geologic and atmospheric state, climate evolution and habitability. Thus, this session is planned to discuss recent results from a broad spectrum of Mars studies encompassing the interior, surface, atmosphere, plasma environment, and the Mars system including its two satellites. Abstracts on instrumentation and future mission plans are also encouraged for this session, as both the presenters and the audience would greatly benefit from ensuing discussions and feedbacks.

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

*Yoshitaka Yoshimura1, Akihiko Yamagishi2, Takehiko Satoh3, Atsuo Miyakawa2, Eiichi Imai4, Satoshi Sasaki5, Kensei Kobayashi6, Yoko Kebukawa6, Hikaru Yabuta7, Takeshi Naganuma8, Hajime Mita9, Kazuhisa Fujita3, Tomohiro Usui10 (1.College of Agriculture, Tamagawa University, 2.Department of Molecular Biology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 3.Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 4.Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 5.School of Health Sciences, Tokyo University of Technology, 6.Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 7.Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University, 8.Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 9.Faculty of Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, 10.Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

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