Ice-ocean exchange processes in the Jovian and Saturnian satellites

KM Soderlund, K Kalousová, JJ Buffo, CR Glein… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
A growing number of satellites in the outer solar system likely have global oceans beneath
their outer icy shells. While the presence of liquid water makes these ocean worlds …

Large ocean worlds with high-pressure ices

B Journaux, K Kalousová, C Sotin, G Tobie… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Pressures in the hydrospheres of large ocean worlds extend to ranges exceeding those in
Earth deepest oceans. In this regime, dense water ices and other high-pressure phases …

Electrical resistivity of liquid Fe to 12 GPa: Implications for heat flow in cores of terrestrial bodies

RE Silber, RA Secco, W Yong, JAH Littleton - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Electrical and thermal transport properties of liquid Fe under high pressure have important
implications for the dynamics and thermal evolution of planetary cores and the geodynamo …

Experimental and simulation efforts in the astrobiological exploration of exooceans

RS Taubner, K Olsson-Francis, SD Vance… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
The icy satellites of Jupiter and Saturn are perhaps the most promising places in the Solar
System regarding habitability. However, the potential habitable environments are hidden …

Geophysical characterization of the interiors of Ganymede, Callisto and Europa by ESA's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer

T Van Hoolst, G Tobie, C Vallat, N Altobelli… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) of ESA was launched on 14 April 2023
and will arrive at Jupiter and its moons in July 2031. In this review article, we describe how …

Electrical resistivity measurements of Fe‐Si with implications for the early lunar dynamo

M Berrada, RA Secco, W Yong… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of impurities on the electrical resistivity of Fe at core conditions is controversial
due to the challenges of measuring transport properties of Fe alloys under high‐pressure …

[HTML][HTML] Early and elongated epochs of planetesimal dynamo generation

HR Sanderson, JFJ Bryson, CIO Nichols - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accreting in the first few million years (Ma) of the Solar System, planetesimals record
conditions in the protoplanetary disc and are the remnants of planetary formation processes …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking planetesimal magnetic field histories: a refined, versatile model for thermal evolution and dynamo generation

HR Sanderson, JFJ Bryson, CIO Nichols, CJ Davies - Icarus, 2025 - Elsevier
The thermal and magnetic histories of planetesimals provide unique insights into the
formation and evolution of Earth's building blocks. These histories can be gleaned from …

Electrical resistivity of FeS at high pressures and temperatures: Implications of thermal transport in the core of Ganymede

JAH Littleton, RA Secco, W Yong - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial‐type planetary cores are thought to be predominantly composed of Fe with
varying amounts of lighter chemical species or impurities chosen from a narrow range of …

Interiors of Earth-like planets and satellites of the solar system

D Breuer, T Spohn, T Van Hoolst… - Surveys in …, 2022 - Springer
The Earth-like planets and moons in our solar system have iron-rich cores, silicate mantles,
and a basaltic crust. Differentiated icy moons can have a core and a mantle and an outer …