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Space and Planetary Sciences(P) Session Sub Category Planetary Sciences(PS) Session ID P-PS05 Title Mars Short title Mars Convener Name Takehiko Satoh Affiliation Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Email satoh@stp.isas.jaxa.jp Co-convener 1. Name Masaki Ishiwatari Affiliation Department of Cosmosciences, Graduate school of Science, Hokkaido University Email momoko@gfd-dennou.org Co-convener 2. Name Sho Sasaki Affiliation Department of Earth and Space Sciences, School of Science, Osaka University Email sasakisho@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp Co-convener 3. Name Yoshiyuki O. Takahashi Affiliation Graduate School of Science, Kobe University Email yot@gfd-dennou.org Co-convener 4. Name Ayako Matsuoka Affiliation Research Division for Space Plasma, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Email matsuoka@isas.jaxa.jp Co-convener 5. Name Hideaki Miyamoto Affiliation The University Museum, The University of Tokyo Email hm@um.u-tokyo.ac.jp International Symposium 'International Symposium' in addition to Scientific session. Language English Scope The study on Mars has greatly been advanced due to new data from modern missions as well as to new results from theoretical and numerical works. Morphology and variable phenomena, seen on the surface, in the atmosphere and its surrounding plasma, all indicate that Mars is still an active planet. After successful arrivals of American and Indian orbiters in 2014, Mars is now being investigated by 5 orbiters and 2 rovers, the largest ever number. In Japan, on the other hand, possibilities of small planetary missions are becoming more realistic (Mars is the most important target object, of course) and the roadmap of solar system exploration is under development. In this session, current researches on Mars, including the latest results from missions, as well as future mission plans are discussed. Type of presentation Oral and Poster presentation Invited papers