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Exploration of Enceladus and Titan: investigating ocean worlds’ evolution and habitability in the Saturn system

Giuseppe Mitri
Jason Barnes
Alexander Hayes
Roberto Orosei
Jason Soderblom
Christophe Sotin
Gabriel Tobie
Paolo Tortora
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Peter Wurz
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Abstract We present a White Paper with a science theme concept of ocean world evolution and habitability proposed in response to ESA’s Voyage 2050 Call with a focus on Titan and Enceladus in the Saturn system. Ocean worlds in the outer Solar System that possess subsurface liquid water oceans are considered to be prime targets for extra-terrestrial life and offer windows into Solar System evolution and habitability. The Cassini-Huygens mission to the Saturn system (2004–2017) revealed Titan with its organic-rich evolving world with terrestrial features and Enceladus with its active aqueous environment to be ideal candidates to investigate ocean world evolution and habitability. Additionally, this White Paper presents a baseline for a multiple flyby mission with a focused payload as an example of how ocean world evolution and habitability in the Saturn system could be investigated building on the heritage of the Cassini-Huygens mission and complementing the recently selected NASA Dragonfly mission.
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hal-03410335 , version 1 (09-12-2021)

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Giuseppe Mitri, Jason Barnes, Athena Coustenis, Enrico Flamini, Alexander Hayes, et al.. Exploration of Enceladus and Titan: investigating ocean worlds’ evolution and habitability in the Saturn system. Experimental Astronomy, 2022, 54 (2-3), pp.877-910. ⟨10.1007/s10686-021-09772-2⟩. ⟨hal-03410335⟩
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