Newsletter 15-8

Issue 15-08, February 17, 2015

 

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  1. OPAG MEETING WEBEX INSTRUCTIONS
  2. IAU SYMPOSIUM 318 “ASTEROIDS: NEW OBSERVATIONS, NEW MODELS”
  3. ABSCICON 2015 SESSION: TITAN’S ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND INSIGHTS INTO HABITABILITY
  4. AOGS SINGAPORE 2015
  5. SIGN UP FOR SMD SPEAKER’S BUREAU

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OPAG MEETING WEBEX INSTRUCTIONS

 

The Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) meeting will take place 19-20 February 2015 at NASA Ames Research Center.
Participation via webex instructions are below.

A new agenda is posted at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/

Topic: OPAG Workshop 
Date: Every 1 day, from Thursday, February 19, 2015 to Friday, February 20, 2015 
Time: 8:00 am, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) 
Meeting Number: 998 203 995 
Meeting Password: Ames2015! 
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To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!) 
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1. Go to https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/j.php?MTID=mdf15748fb1d35eadccf2fb035a763e40 
2. If requested, enter your name and email address. 
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: Ames2015! 
4. Click “Join”. 
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. 

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: 
https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/j.php?MTID=m9b5c633769102a3fa6648e1c07bc3a7a 

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To join the audio conference only 
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USA Toll Free #: 
1-844-467-4685 

Participant Passcode #: 
8828089295

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For assistance 
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1. Go to https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/mc 
2. On the left navigation bar, click “Support”. 

You can contact me at: 
[email protected] 
1-202.479.9030 

To update this meeting to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link: 
https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/j.php?MTID=me11c20bd719d4e7a7a767091a7075319 

WebEx will automatically setup Meeting Manager for Windows the first time you join a meeting. To save time, you can setup prior to the meeting by clicking this link: 
https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/meetingcenter/mcsetup.php 

The playback of UCF (Universal Communications Format) rich media files requires appropriate players. To view this type of rich media files in the meeting, please check whether you have the players installed on your computer by going tohttps://nasa.webex.com/nasa/systemdiagnosis.php

http://www.webex.com

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This WebEx service includes a feature that allows audio and any documents and other materials exchanged or viewed during the session to be recorded. By joining this session, you automatically consent to such recordings. If you do not consent to the recording, discuss your concerns with the meeting host prior to the start of the recording or do not join the session. Please note that any such recordings may be subject to discovery in the event of litigation.

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IAU SYMPOSIUM 318 “ASTEROIDS : NEW OBSERVATIONS, NEW MODELS”

Please join us for IAUS 318, to be held August 3-7, 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii, in conjunction with the IAU XXIX General Assembly.
We invite abstracts for both oral and poster contributions. Registration and abstract submission information, as well as the list of invited speakers,
is available at the symposium website:

http://astronomy2015.org/symposium_318 

 

Topics include

* Solar system & main belt evolution

* Asteroid population models 

* Collisions and cratering 

* Dynamical evolution – Asteroid Families, Binary Systems

* Physical Properties – Rotation, Porosity & Shape 

* Activated Asteroids/Main Belt Comets 

* Main-belt connections – Meteorites, NEAs, Comets, Trojans 

* Near-Earth Asteroids & Impact Hazard 

* Surveying and Exploration 

* Data-processing challenges  

 

Key Dates 

Abstracts deadline:       March 18, 2015 11:59pm UTC 

Travel grant application: April 1, 2015 

Regular Registration:     May 28, 2015 

 

On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee, 

Steven Chesley, Alessandro Morbidelli, Robert Jedicke

Co-Chairs, IAUS 318

 

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ABSCICON 2015 SESSION: TITAN’S ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND INSIGHTS INTO HABITABILITY

A session entitled “Titan’s Organic Chemistry and Insights Into Habitability” is being organized by Conor Nixon, Morgan Cable and Martin Cordiner at this year’s Astrobiology Science Conference, to be held in Chicago, Illinois, on June 15–19, 2015. The session will combine recent results from observational, theoretical and laboratory studies of Titan’s organic chemistry, with an emphasis on topics relating to the formation and evolution of molecules relevant to the chemistry of life. The Abstract Deadline for talks and posters will be Wednesday, March 4th 2015, and we invite all those interested in Titan’s chemistry to attend.

The overall theme for AbSciCon2015 is “Habitability, Habitable Worlds, and Life.” More information, including how to register and submit abstracts, may be found at the following URL: http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2015/about/purpose/

 

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AOGS, SINGAPORE, 2 – 7 AUGUST 2015

http://www.asiaoceania.org/society/index.asp

Abstracts due 18 February 2015

PS03: Polarimetry of Planetary Systems:Observations, Theory and Models

Polarimetry is a currently enjoying a rejuvenation in various astronomical applications. As a complementary techinque to imaging and spectroscopy, polarization allows the investigation of scatttering properties of variety of media ranging from planetary atmospheres, comets, small bodies (planetary satellites, asteroids, Kuiper Belt objects, etc.) to detection and characterization of exoplanets, brown dwarfs, star and planet forming regions; characterization of magnetic fields and search for optically active molecules in a search for habitability elsewhere than our earth. We invite contributions from observers, modellers, laboratory measurements, instrument designers and missions. We anticipate half to one day of presentations including oral and poster contributions.

Conveners: 

Dr. Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher (Space Science Institute, United States), [email protected]
Dr. Ludmilla Kolokolova (University of Maryland, United States), [email protected] 
Dr. Shashikiran Ganesh (Physical Research Laboratory, India), [email protected]
Dr. Lucyna Chudczer (University of New South Wales, Australia), [email protected]
Dr. Vijay Natraj (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), [email protected]
Dr. Jun Takahashi (University of Hyogo, Japan), [email protected]
Prof. Motohide Tamura (The University of Tokyo, Japan), [email protected]
 

PS04: Comets, Asteroids and Other Small Bodies of the Solar System: From 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to Chariklo

The composition and physical properties of Small Solar System Bodies (SSSBs), remnants of the formation of planets, are key to better understand our solar system. Increased knowledge of their surface properties and their potential as resources are also necessary to prepare for robotic and human exploration. Missions such as ESA/Rosetta, ESA/Gaia, NASA/OSIRIS-Rex, JAXA/Hyabusa-2, NASA/Dawn and NASA/New Horizons, to study asteroids, comets, dwarf planets and TNOs are poised to provide new information on SSSBs.   This session welcomes abstracts on the remarkable results bringing information on the internal structure and composition of SSSBs based on space and ground-based data, numerical models, as well as instrument/mission concepts in the prospect of future exploration, including Rosetta/67P, C/SidingSpring, C/2014 Q1, C/2012 K1, Chariklo, Ceres, Vesta.. We anticipate a half-day to a full day session.

Conveners:

Dr. Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher (Space Science Institute, United States), [email protected]
Dr. Ludmilla Kolokolova (University of Maryland, United States), [email protected]
Dr. Shashikiran Ganesh (Physical Research Laboratory, India), [email protected]
Dr. Joo Hyeon Kim (Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea, South), [email protected]
Dr. Jian-Yang Li (Planetary Science Institute, United States), [email protected]
Dr. Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Tegourf (Univ. of P and M Curie, France), [email protected] 

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SIGN UP FOR SMD SPEAKER’S BUREAU

The NASA Science Mission Directorate Scientist Speaker’s Bureau is available for requests and for additional entries by scientists! 

 

Educators (formal and informal) are invited to pull up a list of potential speakers through this online system athttp://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/speaker/request/, which requires the presentation’s location, the style (in person or online), the type and size of the audience, and the topic.  The search request can be repeated with changes to the topic as needed.  Once a scientist has been selected by the requestor, an email is sent directly to that scientist, inviting him or her to respond to the request directly and to discuss any logistics.

 

Astronomers, planetary scientists, heliophysicists, and Earth scientists – please sign up today! The entry form is very short; just fill in your contact info, area of research and topics you are comfortable discussing, audiences and audience sizes you are comfortable addressing, and travel / virtual presentation preferences. Join the NASA SMD Speaker’s Bureau today at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/speaker!

 

For more information, please contact [email protected].

 


Anne J. Verbiscer
Research Associate Professor
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4325