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Table of Planetary Research groups in Spain and Portugal





Location / Institution  Group / Contact   Description / Resources / Missions ...

 
 
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Ciencias Planetarias

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Physics and dynamics of small solar system bodies 

Missions: Hera-Dart

Others projects: CFEPS, NEO-MAPP

Barcelona        

 

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

 

Instituto de Técnicas Energéticas

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Meteorite Sample Analysis Laboratory

Infrastructure: Laboratory

 

Micro y Nanotecnologías

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Instrumentation development

Infrastructure: Instrumentation

Missions: MSL/REMS, Insight-TWINS, Mars2020/MEDA, LISA

Others projects: Europlanet, MiniPINS (ESA)

Bilbao        

 

Grupo de Ciencias Planetarias

Agustín Sánchez Lavega


 

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

 

Departamento de Química Analítica

Juan Manuel Madariaga

 

Meteorites and materials / instruments for space missions

Infrastructure: Laboratory

Missions: ExoMars/RLS, Mars2020/SuperCam

Coimbra        

 

Celestial Mechanics

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Solar System Dynamics, Exoplanets, dynamical Systems, Planetary Physics, Tidal effects

 

Solar System Science

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Planetary geology of minor bodies of Solar System: Kuiper Belt, TNO, comets, NEOS, etc

   

Toward the detection and charaterization of other Earths

Nuno Peixinho / Pedro Lacerda


 

Minor bodies of the solar system/space debris

 

 

i-ASTRO Space Instrumentation for Astrophysics

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Space Instrumentation for Astrophysics

Infrastructure: Laboratory for Gamma-ray and X-ray instrumentation

Granada        

 

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

 

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

 

Física Solar

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Heliophysics and solar magnetosphere

Missions: Solar Orbiter/PHI

Observatories-Instruments: EST, SUNRISE/IMaX+

 

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

 

Planetas

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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

 

Laboratorio de Polvo Cósmico

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Mineral dust and aerosols in atmospheres and comets

Infrastructure: Laboratory

Missions: Comet Interceptor/EnVisS

 

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

 

Meteoroides, Meteoritos y Cuerpos Menores

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Meteoroids, meteorites, and minor bodies

Missions: Lumio

Others projects: SMART, MIDAS, P3NEO-I

Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra
 Universidad de Granada
 

Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos

 

Juan Manuel García Ruiz

 

Geomineralogia, cristalografía, astrobiología

Infrastructure: Laboratory

Missions: ExoMars Rosalind Franklin

Lisboa        

 

Toward the detection and charaterization of other Earths

Pedro Machado


 

Solar System Planet atmospheres

Missions: Mars Express, Venus Express, Akatsuki, Cassini, Ariel

Observatories-Instruments: ESPRESSO/VLT, IRPS/ESO3.6m

 

Astrobiology

Zita Martins

 


 

Astrobiology, Cosmochemistry, organic matter in meteorites, comets and asteroids 

Infrastucture: Laboratory

Missions: Hayabusa-2

 

SpaceRad - Space Radiation Environment

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Space Radiation Environment & Effects

Infrastructure: Radiation Instrumentation

MissionsBepi/BERM, Juice/RADEM

 

Earth Sciences

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Meteorology and atmospheric studies

 

Geology

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Geology - Compared Planetology

Madrid        

Imagen del escudo de la UAH  

Agua Clima y Medio Ambiente

Miguel Angel de Pablo Hernández

 

Martian geology and hidrology

Missions: Mars2020/MEDA/TIRS, ...

 

Biología Molecular

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Microbiology and Astrobiology

Missions: Mars Express

         

 

Geodinámica Planetaria

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Geodynamics, thermal structure and tectonics of planets and moons

Missions: Insight, Envision

Others projects: UPWARDS, AMARTE, AMARTE2, TECTOMARTE

         

 

Astronomía y Geodesia

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Optimization of orbits of space missions

Missions: MetNET-Meiga

         

 

Cálculo Fraccionario y Atmósfera de Marte

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Modeling and simulation of fractional calculation and atmosphere of Mars

Missions: MetNET-Meiga, Mars Express/Marsis, ...

 

Arquitectura de Sistemas Distribuidos

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Data computing systems

Missions: Mars Express/MARSIS/SPICAM, ExoMars TGO, ExoMars 2022

Others projects: INTIME

 

Geofísica Planetaria

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Martian surface, atmosphere and ionosphere

Missions: Mars Express/MARSIS/HRSC, ...

 

 

Estrellas frías y exoplanetas

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Characterization of cold stars and exoplanets, spectroscopy

Missions: Kepler, K2, TESS, Gaia

Observatories-Instruments: CARMENES

 

Instituto de Geociencias

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Meteorite Research, Planetary Geosciences, Astrobiology

Missions: ExoMars, Mars2020, MSL

 

 

Joint Center for Ultraviolet Astronomy (JCUVA)

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Ultraviolet study of planets and exoplanets

Infrastructure: Instrumentation

Missions: WSO-UV Space Telescope

 

Área de Geología

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Planetary geology and astrobiology on terrestrial planets

 

 

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

 

Instrumentación Espacial

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Space Instrumentation

Infrastructure: Instrumentation

Missions: MSL, ExoMars, Insight, Mars2020

Others projects: EuroPlanet, MiniPINS (ESA)

 

Geología Planetaria y Atmósferas

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Planetary habitability. Mineralogy, geochemistry and geodynamics

Infrastructure: Laboratory

Missions: ExoMars/RLS, Mars2020/MEDA, JUICE, MMX/RAX, DART-Hera

 

Biomoléculas en Exploración Planetaria

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Detection of molecular biomarkers by bio-affinity

Infrastructure: Laboratory

Missions: SOLID, IceBreaker, LMC (ExoMars)

 

Habitabilidad y Ambientes Extremos

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Habitability and Extreme Environments

Infrastructure: Laboratory

Missions: ExoMars, MSL, Mars2020

Others projects: Europlanet

 

Medio Interestelar y Circunestelar

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Astrochemistry and interstellar, protoplanetary, lunar and cometary ice analogs

Infrastructure: Laboratory

Missions: JUICE, Rosetta

 

Formación y Evolución de Estrellas, Enanas Marrones y Planetas

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Formation and Evolution of Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Planets

Observatories-Instruments: CARMENES

 

Observatorio Virtual

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Scientific exploitation of astronomical archives

Others projects: SVO

 

Biomoléculas en superficies

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Biomolecules on surfaces under planetary simulation conditions

Infrastructure: laboratory

Others projects: Planetary Simulation Chamber - PASC


 

 

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)


 

 

Magnetismo Espacial

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Magnetometry, planetary magnetic mineralogy and characterization of magnetic signature

Infrastructure: Instrumentation

Missions: ExoMars2022/AMR, Bepi Colombo, Meiga-MetNet


 

 

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, ...

 

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


 

 

Área de Investigación e Instrumentación Atmosférica (AIIA)

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Physical-chemical investigation of the terrestrial and martian atmosphere

Infrastructure: Laboratory

Missions: Mars2020/RDS, Exomars 2022/SIS

 

Laboratorio de Radiación y Meteorología Espacial

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Space radiation environment and effects. Radiation tests. Space meteorology

Infrastructure: Laboratory, Radiation monitors for stratospheric balloons: AIR

Others projectsRADNEXT y HEMERA (H2020)

 

Instituto de Estructura de la Materia

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Ice lab, infrared spectroscopy, chemistry

Infrastructure: Laboratory

 

Heliofísica

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Plasma and magnetosphere

Missions: SOHO, Solar Orbiter, Bepi Colombo, Cluster,

 

Hielos

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Ice on frozen moons (Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, ...)

Missions: JUICE, Cassini-Huygens

 

Marte

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Exploration of Mars, surface and atmosphere

Missions: Mars Express, Trace Gas Orbiter, ExoMars

 

Mercurio

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Mercury surface spectroscopy

Missions: Bepi Colombo, Messenger

 

Pequeños Cuerpos

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Asteroids, comets, and cometary dust

Missions: Rosetta, HERA

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