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Table of Planetary Research groups in Spain and Portugal
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Physics and dynamics of small solar system bodies Missions: Hera-Dart Others projects: CFEPS, NEO-MAPP |
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| Barcelona | ||||
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Meteoritos, asteroides, cometas y ciencias planetarias
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Meteorites, Asteroids, Comets and Planetary Sciences Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: Hera-Dart, Stardust, Hayabusa Others projects: Red de Bólidos SPMN-FRIPON |
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Instituto de Técnicas Energéticas |
Meteorite Sample Analysis Laboratory Infrastructure: Laboratory |
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Instrumentation development Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: MSL/REMS, Insight-TWINS, Mars2020/MEDA, LISA Others projects: Europlanet, MiniPINS (ESA) |
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| Bilbao | ||||
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Atmospheres of planets and exoplanets Missions: Mars Express/VMC, Venus Express/VMC/VIRTIS, JUICE/JANUS/MAJIS, JUNO, Cassini-Huyges, Mars2020/MEDA/SuperCam e Insight Observatories-Instruments: PlanetCam, PlanetCam-NIR Others projects: Europlanet, Aula Espazio Gela |
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Meteorites and materials / instruments for space missions Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: ExoMars/RLS, Mars2020/SuperCam |
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| Coimbra | ||||
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Celestial Mechanics |
Solar System Dynamics, Exoplanets, dynamical Systems, Planetary Physics, Tidal effects |
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Fernando Jose Bandeira Figueredo |
Planetary geology of minor bodies of Solar System: Kuiper Belt, TNO, comets, NEOS, etc |
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Toward the detection and charaterization of other Earths Nuno Peixinho / Pedro Lacerda |
Minor bodies of the solar system/space debris
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Space Instrumentation for Astrophysics Infrastructure: Laboratory for Gamma-ray and X-ray instrumentation |
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| Granada | ||||
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Atmósferas Planetarias Terrestres
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Atmospheres of Earth, Mars, Venus, Titan and exoplanets Missions: TGO/NOMAD, TMED/SABER, Envisat/MIPAS Observatories-Instruments: SATI, MIMA Others projects: Europlanet, UPWARDS |
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Cuerpos Menores del Sistema Solar
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Asteroids, comets, trans-Neptunian objects, ... Missions: Rosetta/OSIRIS/GIADA, Comet Interceptor Observatories-Instruments: ESBO Others projects: NEOS |
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Heliophysics and solar magnetosphere Missions: Solar Orbiter/PHI Observatories-Instruments: EST, SUNRISE/IMaX+ |
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Plasmas en Atmósferas Planetarias
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Lightning and transient electric discharges in the atmosphere and in the laboratory Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: ISS/ASIM, ISS/TARANIS Observatories-Instruments: GRASSP, GALIUS, ORISON |
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Giant planets, Titan, Mercury, comets Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: Bepi/BELA, JUICE/GALA/JANUS, Comet Interceptor/CoCa/MANIAC/EnVisS/OPIC, EnVision/VenSpec |
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Mineral dust and aerosols in atmospheres and comets Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: Comet Interceptor/EnVisS |
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Unidad de Desarrollo Instrumental y Tecnológico
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Instrumentation, electronics, mechanics, optics, software, ... Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: TGO/NOMAD, Solar Orbiter/PHI Observatories-Instruments: CARMENES, GRASSP, MEGARA, PANIC, Sunrise/IMAX |
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Meteoroides, Meteoritos y Cuerpos Menores
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Meteoroids, meteorites, and minor bodies Missions: Lumio Others projects: SMART, MIDAS, P3NEO-I |
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Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos |
Geomineralogia, cristalografía, astrobiología Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: ExoMars Rosalind Franklin |
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| Lisboa | ||||
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Toward the detection and charaterization of other Earths |
Solar System Planet atmospheres Missions: Mars Express, Venus Express, Akatsuki, Cassini, Ariel Observatories-Instruments: ESPRESSO/VLT, IRPS/ESO3.6m |
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The Astrobiology and Cosmochemistry Group (TACG)
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Astrobiology, Cosmochemistry, organic matter in meteorites, comets and asteroids Infrastucture: Laboratory Missions: Hayabusa-2 |
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SpaceRad - Space Radiation Environment |
Space Radiation Environment & Effects Infrastructure: Radiation Instrumentation Missions: Bepi/BERM, Juice/RADEM |
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Earth Sciences |
Meteorology and atmospheric studies |
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Geology |
Geology - Compared Planetology |
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Martian geology and hidrology Missions: Mars2020/MEDA/TIRS, ... |
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Biología Molecular |
Microbiology and Astrobiology Missions: Mars Express |
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Geodynamics, thermal structure and tectonics of planets and moons Missions: Insight, Envision Others projects: UPWARDS, AMARTE, AMARTE2, TECTOMARTE |
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Cálculo Fraccionario y Atmósfera de Marte Gonzalo Barderas |
Modeling and simulation of fractional calculation and atmosphere of Mars Missions: MetNET-Meiga, Mars Express/Marsis, ... |
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Arquitectura de Sistemas Distribuidos |
Data computing systems Missions: Mars Express/MARSIS/SPICAM, ExoMars TGO+RFM, Hope Others projects: INTIME, EYE |
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Estrellas frías y exoplanetas |
Characterization of cold stars and exoplanets, spectroscopy Missions: Kepler, K2, TESS, Gaia Observatories-Instruments: CARMENES |
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Meteorite Research, Planetary Geosciences, Astrobiology Missions: ExoMars, Mars2020, MSL
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Joint Center for Ultraviolet Astronomy (JCUVA)
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Ultraviolet study of planets and exoplanets Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: WSO-UV Space Telescope |
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Área de Geología |
Planetary geology and astrobiology on terrestrial planets |
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Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad
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Development of space technology and instrumentation Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: ExoMars TGO/NOMAD, Rosetta/OSIRIS; Solar Orbiter/PHI, EPD; ARIEL Observatories-Instruments: SUNRISE/IMAX+ Others projects: UPMSat-2 |
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Space Instrumentation Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: MSL, ExoMars, Insight, Mars2020 Others projects: EuroPlanet, MiniPINS (ESA) |
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Geología Planetaria y Atmósferas |
Planetary habitability. Mineralogy, geochemistry and geodynamics Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: ExoMars/RLS, Mars2020/MEDA, JUICE, MMX/RAX, DART-Hera |
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Biomoléculas en Exploración Planetaria |
Detection of molecular biomarkers by bio-affinity Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: SOLID, IceBreaker, LMC (ExoMars) |
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Habitabilidad y Ambientes Extremos
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Habitability and Extreme Environments Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: ExoMars, MSL, Mars2020 Others projects: Europlanet |
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Medio Interestelar y Circunestelar |
Astrochemistry and interstellar, protoplanetary, lunar and cometary ice analogs Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: JUICE, Rosetta |
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Formación y Evolución de Estrellas, Enanas Marrones y Planetas |
Formation and Evolution of Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Planets Observatories-Instruments: CARMENES |
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Scientific exploitation of astronomical archives Others projects: SVO |
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Biomoléculas en superficies |
Biomolecules on surfaces under planetary simulation conditions Infrastructure: laboratory Others projects: Planetary Simulation Chamber - PASC |
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Ingeniería de Sensores Espaciales
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Development of space instrumentation, small satellites and exploration probes Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: Mars2020, ExoMars2016, ExoMars2022, MetNet Others projects: MiniPINS (ESA), MarsConnect (INTA) |
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Magnetometry, planetary magnetic mineralogy and characterization of magnetic signature Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: ExoMars2022/AMR, Bepi Colombo, Meiga-MetNet |
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Óptica Espacial
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Instrumentation and research in space optics Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: Rosetta, Bepi C., ExoMars2016/Dreams, Meiga-MetNet, Ariel, Echo, JWST/MIIRI, SO-PHI, ... |
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Programas Espaciales
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Raman/LIBS spectroscopic instrumentation for planetary exploration Infrastructure: Instrumentation Missions: RLS/ExoMars, RAX/MMX, PHOENIX for PANGAEA (ESA), CALICO |
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Área de Investigación e Instrumentación Atmosférica (AIIA) |
Physical-chemical investigation of the terrestrial and martian atmosphere Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: Mars2020/RDS, Exomars 2022/SIS |
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Laboratorio Radiacion y Bioclimatologia |
Astrobiología, bioindicadores, supervivencia en condiciones extremas (Espacio, Marte) Infrastructure: Laboratory Others projects: EXO-ISS 2027 |
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Instituto de Estructura de la Materia |
Ice lab, infrared spectroscopy, chemistry Infrastructure: Laboratory |
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Plasma and magnetosphere Missions: SOHO, Solar Orbiter, Bepi Colombo, Cluster, |
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Ice on frozen moons (Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, ...) Missions: JUICE, Cassini-Huygens |
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Exploration of Mars, surface and atmosphere Missions: Mars Express, Trace Gas Orbiter, ExoMars |
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Mercury surface spectroscopy Missions: Bepi Colombo, Messenger |
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Asteroids, comets, and cometary dust Missions: Rosetta, HERA |
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| Málaga | ||||
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Martian environment and materials analysis laboratory and instrumentation Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: Mars2020/SuperCam |
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| Oviedo | ||||
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Universidad de Oviedo |
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Planetary System detection and characterisation |
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Universidad de Oviedo |
MapPlaneST - SIGUEMars |
Planetary cartography with remote sensing and spectroscopy | ||
| La Palma | ||||
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Near Earth Asteroids Others projects: EuroNear |
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| Porto | ||||
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Toward the detection and charaterization of other Earths
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Exoplanet research and Solar System Planet atmospheres Missions: CHEOPS, PLATO, ARIEL, AKATSUKI (JAXA), CASSINI, VENUS EXPRESS Observatories-Instruments: ESPRESSO@VLT, future NIRPS, SPIROU@CFHT, HIRES@ELT Others projects: SWEET-Cat |
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Development of new instrumentation Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: PLATO, CHEOPS, ARIEL Observatories-Instruments: ESPRESSO@VLT, future NIRPS, HIRES@ELT, |
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Planetary Sciences |
Climatology, Meteorites and Asteroids, modelling of reflectance spectra |
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| Sevilla | ||||
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Dinámica Atmosférica de planetas del Sistema Solar Missions/Instruments: AKATSUKI/IR1+IR2+LIR+UVI, VEx/VIRTIS+VMC IRTF/SpeX+iSHELL+MIRSI |
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| Tenerife | ||||
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Pequeños Cuerpos del Sistema Solar
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Small bodies and objects close to the ground Missions: OSIRIS-REx, Gaia, JWST, Euclid, Hera/Dart, CASTALIA, CASTAway, Hayabusa2 Observatories-Instruments: GTC/OSIRIS/EMIR, NOT/ALFOSC, TNG/NICS, INT/IDS,... Others projects: NEOROCKS, NEO-MAPP, CLASS, PRIMASS,EURONEAR, J-PLUS, J-PASS |
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Exoplanetas y Astrobiología |
Exoplanets and astrobiology Missions: CoRoT, Kepler, K2, CHEOPS, XO, WFC, PLATO, ARIEL, TESS Observatories-Instruments: CARMENES, GTC / OSIRIS / EMIR / HORUS, WHT / LIRIS, HARPSN, LCOGT, ... |
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Space instrumentation and telescopes Infrastructure: Instrumentation (optical, electronic, mechanical, SW, space and terrestrial) Missions: Marco Polo-R/THERMAP, Solar Orbiter/SOPHI, Euclid-NISP, PLATO, ISS/IRCAM, ... Observatories-Instruments: GTC, GREGOR, WHT, VTT, TIP II, SUNRISE/IMaX Others projects: CTA, NRT, EST, ELT, OPTICON, OGS, TTNN |
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Space research and telescopes Infrastructure: Laboratory (Optical, electronic, mechanical, SW, space and terrestrial) Missions: DRAGO-1,DRAGO-2,ALISIO,VINIS,ASTRO-1 Observatories-Instruments: TCS/MuSCAT2, TCS/FastCam, IAC80/CAMELOT2, IAC80/CARONTE |
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| Teruel | ||||
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Spectrophotometric analysis of variable objects in J-PLUS mapping Observatories-Instruments: JAST80/Javalambre Others projects: Javalambre-Time Domain (J-TD) |
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| Valencia | ||||
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Ice and solid characterization laboratory Infrastructure: Laboratory |
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| Valladolid | ||||
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Espectroscopía Raman e Infrarroja
Guillermo Lopez-Reyes |
Cosmogeochemistry and Astrobiology with Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy Infrastructure: Laboratory Missions: ExoMars/RLS, Mars2020/SuperCam, MMX/RAX Others projects: H2020-Compet “PTAL” (Planetary Terrestrial Analogue Library) |
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| Vigo | ||||
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Agrupación Aeroespacial - SpaceLab
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Development of space technology for satellites Infrastructure: Small satellites Missions: Comet Interceptor |
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Cultural astronomy, observational astrophysics and databases Missions: Gaia |
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Geochemistry of Mars: modeling, mineralogy, laboratory analogs Missions: MSL/CheMin |
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| Zaragoza | ||||
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Geodinámica Planetaria |
Mars Geology: geomorphological mapping, spectroscopy & subsurface analysis |
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