Ice Giant Systems 2020

The Ice Giants, Uranus and Neptune, are the least explored class of planets in our Solar System, having been visited only once by a passing spacecraft, Voyager 2. These distant Ice Giant Systems may be hiding secrets that could reveal the origins of our Solar System, and are our nearest and best representatives of a type of planet that is commonplace in our universe.

In January 2020, Planetary Scientists from around the world will meet at London’s prestigious Royal Society for a three-day workshop on the future exploration of the Uranus and Neptune systems. We will aim to shape the key scientific questions that will drive mission planning in the coming decade, aiming to make use of ideal launch opportunities around 2030. You can now download the Full Programme (PDF).

SETI Institute Fellow and Senior Research Scientist Mark Showalter will be one of the invited speakers.

Registration for the plenary meeting (Jan 20-21st at the Royal Society) remains open. Registration for the Splinter meetings (Jan 22nd at Burlington House) is now closed, as are abstract submission for the contributed poster/oral sessions. 

For more information,
visit https://ice-giants.github.io/