GAUSS - genesis of asteroids and evolution of the solar system

Shi, Xian and Castillo-Rogez, Julie and Hsieh, Henry and Hui, Hejiu and Ip, Wing-Huen and Lei, Hanlun and Li, Jian-Yang and Tosi, Federico and Zhou, Liyong and Agarwal, Jessica and Barucci, Antonella and Beck, Pierre and Campo Bagatin, Adriano and Capaccioni, Fabrizio and Coates, Andrew and Cremonese, Gabriele and Duffard, Rene and Grande, Manuel and Jaumann, Ralf and Jones, Geraint and Kallio, Esa and Lin, Yangting and Mousis, Olivier and Nathues, Andreas and Oberst, Jürgen and Sierks, Holger and Ulamec, Stephan and Wang, Mingyuan (2021) GAUSS - genesis of asteroids and evolution of the solar system. Experimental Astronomy. Springer. doi: 10.1007/s10686-021-09800-1. ISSN 0922-6435.

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Abstract

The goal of Project GAUSS (Genesis of Asteroids and evolUtion of the Solar System) is to return samples from the dwarf planet Ceres. Ceres is the most accessible candidate of ocean worlds and the largest reservoir of water in the inner Solar System. It shows active volcanism and hydrothermal activities in recent history. Recent evidence for the existence of a subsurface ocean on Ceres and the complex geochemistry suggest past habitability and even the potential for ongoing habitability. GAUSS will return samples from Ceres with the aim of answering the following top-level scientific questions: – What is the origin of Ceres and what does this imply for the origin of water and other volatiles in the inner Solar System? – What are the physical properties and internal structure of Ceres? What do they tell us about the evolutionary and aqueous alteration history of dwarf planets? – What are the astrobiological implications of Ceres? Is it still habitable today? – What are the mineralogical connections between Ceres and our current collections of carbonaceous meteorites?

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https://elib.dlr.de/145166/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

GAUSS - genesis of asteroids and evolution of the solar system

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Shi, Xian	Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Castillo-Rogez, Julie	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hsieh, Henry	Planetary Research Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hui, Hejiu	School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ip, Wing-Huen	Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, 300 Jungda Rd, Jungli City, Taiwan	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Lei, Hanlun	School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Li, Jian-Yang	School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Tosi, Federico	INAF-IFSI Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Zhou, Liyong	School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Agarwal, Jessica	TU Braunschweig, Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physisc	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Barucci, Antonella	LESIA–Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Beck, Pierre	Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IPAG, Grenoble,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Campo Bagatin, Adriano	Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal. P.O. Box 99, 03080 Alicante,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Capaccioni, Fabrizio	INAF-IASF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Roma, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Coates, Andrew	Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Cremonese, Gabriele	INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Padova , Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Duffard, Rene	Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía S/N, 18008-Granada, Spain	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Grande, Manuel	University of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Jaumann, Ralf	ralf.jaumann (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9759-6597	UNSPECIFIED
Jones, Geraint	Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Kallio, Esa	School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Maarinkatu 8, P.O. Box 15500, FI-00760 Aalto,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Lin, Yangting	Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Beitucheng W Rd,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mousis, Olivier	Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille) UMR 7326,	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Nathues, Andreas	Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung, Göttingen	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Oberst, Jürgen	German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research Berlin, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Sierks, Holger	Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ulamec, Stephan	Stephan.Ulamec (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8856-4622	UNSPECIFIED
Wang, Mingyuan	National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science, 20A Datun Road, Chaoyang	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

2 November 2021

Journal or Publication Title:

Experimental Astronomy

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

DOI:

10.1007/s10686-021-09800-1

Publisher:

Springer

ISSN:

0922-6435

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Ceres, Dwarf planet, sample return, ocean world, habitability, voyage 2050

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space Exploration

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EW - Space Exploration

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Exploration of the Solar System

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof , Köln-Porz

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geology
Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geodesy
Space Operations and Astronaut Training > User center for space experiments (MUSC)

Deposited By:

Herrmann, Astrid

Deposited On:

05 Nov 2021 10:23

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 00:00

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