Issue 15-39, September 8, 2015
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- UPCOMING DEADLINES FOR THE 47th DPS MEETING IN NATIONAL HARBOR, MD
- FOURTH ANNUAL DPS PLANETARY SCIENCE ART EXHIBITION
- THE FIRST DPS OPEN MIC NIGHT
- PLANETARY EVOLUTION: PHOBOS AND DEIMOS LECTURE SERIES
- 2016A NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS
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UPCOMING DEADLINES FOR THE 47th DPS MEETING IN NATIONAL HARBOR, MD
National Harbor, MD, 8-13 November 2015 at the Gaylord National Harbor
DPS members you are invited to attend the 47th Annual DPS meeting!
* Important dates
8 September 2015 DPS 47 Regular Registration Deadline
http://aas.org/meetings/dps47/registration
And also:
– 24 September 2015: 47th DPS Late Abstract Submission Deadline – 9:00pm ET
– 8 October 2015: 47th DPS Hotel Reservations Deadline
The DPS is grateful to our Meeting Sponsors:
Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
Elsevier
University of Arizona Press
Southwest Research Institute
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FOURTH ANNUAL DPS PLANETARY SCIENCE ART EXHIBITION
The AAS Division for Planetary Sciences Conference 2015 will be curating “The Fourth
Annual Planetary Science Art Exhibition”, a selection of artwork inspired by and exploring
the concepts of the Planetary Sciences. We aim to feature 2-D work in any media, with some
spaces for sculpture and digitally native works. We are inviting DPS members as well as local
and international artists whose works discuss Planetary Science to apply to be exhibited.
Deadline for submission is 24th September 2015.
To submit your work for consideration please send your name, location, a brief description about
yourself (150 words max),the title, media and a description (150 words max) of the piece you are
submitting to the exhibition, along with any pictures of the piece to [email protected]
by the 24th September 2015. Please also refer to the topics page
(http://aas.org/meetings/dps47/abstracts#categories) and specify which conference topic your piece
is relevant to in your email. Content is preferred in an attachment to the email. We will respond to
all submissions by the 1st October, letting you know if your work has been accepted.
Please email any enquiries to [email protected]
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THE FIRST DPS OPEN MIC NIGHT
The DPS Open Mic Night allows our members to share their musical and other talents with
their friends and colleagues. Premiering Wednesday, 11 November from 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm,
we invite all musicians, singers, story tellers, comedians, poets, spoken word enthusiasts or other
performers (e.g. jugglers) to participate. Come have some fun and strut your stuff!
Sign up at http://aas.org/meetings/dps47/openmic to ensure a spot and let us know what kind of
equipment you need to perform. You can decide to participate on-site as well, but signing up early
helps us ensure the proper equipment is available. Performance slots will be assigned on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Deadline for submissions: 21 October 2015
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PLANETARY EVOLUTION: PHOBOS AND DEIMOS LECTURE SERIES
NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) announces the “Planetary
Evolution: Phobos and Deimos” lecture series, organized by Dan Britt and Carle Pieters. These
talks will be broadcast online at https://connect.arc.nasa.gov/marsmoons/ every Monday at 3 pm ET
starting Sept 14th. (Note: The same link will be used for each seminar, active 30 mins before each
talk). All talks will be archived at http://sservi.nasa.gov/event/planetary-evolution-phobos-and-deimos/
Schedule/Topic/Speaker
Sept 14: Introduction [discovery, physical properties, orbit…]; Dan Britt
Sept 21: The Age and Cratering History of Phobos; N. Schmedemann
Sept 28: The Formation & Effects of Stickney Impact on Phobos; K. Ramsley
Oct 5: The Character and Origin of Phobos’ Grooves; J. Murray
Oct 12: Ambiguity of Compositional Data for Phobos and Deimos; A. Rivkin/R. Klima
Oct 19: Geology and Geomorphology of Phobos and Deimos; S. Basilevsky
Oct 26: Origin of Phobos: Capture; J. Burns
Nov 2: Origin of Phobos: Co-accretion, Big Impact; R. Canup
Nov 9: Properties of Meteorite Analogues; C. Herd
Nov 16: Space Weathering and Regolith, Dust; C. Pieters/M. Horanyi
Nov 23: Microgravity Within Mars’ Gravity Well; D. Scheeres
Nov 30: Phobos-Deimos ISRU; P. Metzer/R. Mueller
Dec 7: Phobos as an Exploration Destination and Base for Mars Exploration; M. Gernhardt
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2016A NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Call for Proposals for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
DEADLINE: Thursday 01 October 2015
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Observing Proposals. The due date for the 2016A semester
(February 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016) is Thursday, October 1, 2015. See our online submission form,
which is available for proposal submission from 12:00AM on September 01, 2015 until
5:00PM on October 01, 2015 HST.
Available instruments include: (1) SpeX, a 1 – 5 micron cross-dispersed medium-resolution
spectrograph (up to R=2,500) and imager; (2) CSHELL, a 1-5 micron high-resolution spectrograph
(up to R=40,000); (3) MORIS, a 512×512 pixel Andor CCD camera (60″x60″ field-of-view) mounted
at the side-facing window of the SpeX cryostat that can be used simultaneously with SpeX; and (4)
PI-instruments including a low-resolution 3-14 micron spectrograph and a 8-25 micron high-resolution
spectrograph.
Information on available instruments and performance can be found at: http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/Facility.
Visitor instruments (available on a collaborative basis with the instrument team) include: TEXES
(5-20 micron high-resolution spectrograph; contact Matt Richter at [email protected] for
more information), BASS (3-14 micron spectrometer; contact Ray Russell at [email protected]),
CELESTE (5-25 micron echelle spectrometer; contact Don Jennings at [email protected]) and
HIPWAC (9-12 micron heterodyne spectrometer; contact Ted Kostiuk at [email protected]).
Remote observing is available with SpeX, CSHELL, and MORIS.
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Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected])
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Anne J. Verbiscer
Research Associate Professor
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4325