@article{Hamilton:2025:PSJ/adcab0,
author = {Hamilton, CW and Mcewen, AS and Keszthelyi, L and Carter, LM and Davies, AG and de, Kleer K and Jessup, KL and Jia, X and Keane, JT and Mandt, K and Nimmo, F and Paranicas, C and Park, RS and Perry, JE and Pommier, A and Radebaugh, J and Sutton, SS and Vorburger, A and Wurz, P and Borlina, C and Haapala, AF and DellaGiustina, DN and Denevi, BW and Horst, SM and Kempf, S and Khurana, KK and Likar, JJ and Masters, A and Mousis, O and Polit, AT and Bhushan, A and Bland, M and Matsuyama, I and Spencer, J},
doi = {PSJ/adcab0},
journal = {The Planetary Science Journal},
title = {Comparing NASA discovery and new frontiers class mission concepts for the Io volcano observer},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adcab0},
volume = {6},
year = {2025}
}

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AB  - Jupiter’s moon Io is a highly compelling target for future exploration that offers critical insight into tidal dissipation processes and the geology of high heat flux worlds, including primitive planetary bodies, such as the early Earth, that are shaped by enhanced rates of volcanism. Io is important for understanding the development of volcanogenic atmospheres and mass exchange within the Jupiter system. However, fundamental questions remain about the state of Io’s interior, surface, and atmosphere, as well as its role in the evolution of the Galilean satellites. The Io Volcano Observer (IVO) would advance answers to these questions by addressing three key goals: (A) determine how and where tidal heat is generated inside Io, (B) understand how tidal heat is transported to the surface of Io, and (C) understand how Io is evolving. IVO was selected for Phase A study through the NASA Discovery program in 2020, and, in anticipation of the next New Frontiers (NF) opportunity, an enhanced IVO-NF mission concept would increase the Baseline mission from 10 flybys to 20, with an improved radiation design; employ a Ka-band communication system to double IVO’s total data downlink; add a wide-angle camera for color and stereo mapping; add a dust mass spectrometer; and lower the altitude of later flybys to enable new science. This study compares the architecture, instrument suite, and science objectives for Discovery (IVO) and NF (IVO-NF) missions to Io. IVO can achieve outstanding science results at the Discovery level, but we advocate for continued prioritization of Io for NF.
AU  - Hamilton,CW
AU  - Mcewen,AS
AU  - Keszthelyi,L
AU  - Carter,LM
AU  - Davies,AG
AU  - de,Kleer K
AU  - Jessup,KL
AU  - Jia,X
AU  - Keane,JT
AU  - Mandt,K
AU  - Nimmo,F
AU  - Paranicas,C
AU  - Park,RS
AU  - Perry,JE
AU  - Pommier,A
AU  - Radebaugh,J
AU  - Sutton,SS
AU  - Vorburger,A
AU  - Wurz,P
AU  - Borlina,C
AU  - Haapala,AF
AU  - DellaGiustina,DN
AU  - Denevi,BW
AU  - Horst,SM
AU  - Kempf,S
AU  - Khurana,KK
AU  - Likar,JJ
AU  - Masters,A
AU  - Mousis,O
AU  - Polit,AT
AU  - Bhushan,A
AU  - Bland,M
AU  - Matsuyama,I
AU  - Spencer,J
DO  - PSJ/adcab0
PY  - 2025///
SN  - 2632-3338
TI  - Comparing NASA discovery and new frontiers class mission concepts for the Io volcano observer
T2  - The Planetary Science Journal
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adcab0
UR  - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/adcab0
VL  - 6
ER  - 

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