Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:30:11 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Linda M. French" <[email protected]>
Subject: DPS Mailing #03-21: New Secretary, Icarus, Decadal survey, Arecibo workshop,jobs
Greetings with my first DPS enews :-) !
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|1) NEW DPS SECRETARY LINDA FRENCH EMMONS |
|2) 2004 DPS MEETING IN LOUISVILLE |
|3) ICARUS 2004 PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES ANNOUNCED |
|4) ICARUS INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS - YOUR INPUT NEEDED |
|5) SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION SURVEY REPORT NOW AVAILABLE |
|6) ARECIBO ASTEROID DYNAMICS WORKSHOP |
|7) JOB ANNOUNCEMENT |
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NEW DPS SECRETARY
At their meeting on September 1 in Monterey, the DPS Committee approved
splitting the Secretary-Treasurer position into two
separate positions, as allowed by our by-laws. At the September 5 DPS
Committee meeting Linda French Emmons was appointed to the Secretary
position for the term 2003-2006. Melissa McGrath will remain in the
Treasurer position through the end of her current term, 2001-2004.
Please send all future enews items to Linda ([email protected]).
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2004 DPS MEETING IN LOUISVILLE
The Division for Planetary Sciences of the American AstronomicalSociety
will hold its 36th Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky November
8-12, 2004. The meeting web site is http://dps04.org. Special features
include a Sunday night reception at the Louisville Slugger Museum and a
Wednesday night banquet at Churchill Downs, starting with a live race
at the historic track. Groundbreaking new science is expected to be
announced in Louisville from the recently arrived Cassini Mission to
Saturn and Titan, the newly launched Space Infrared Telescope Facility
(SIRTF), two recently landed Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), the
just-returned Genesis solar-wind sample mission, and more. Local
attractions include Fort Knox, Mammoth Cave National Park, Maker's Mark
Distillery, My Old Kentucky Home State Park, the Kentucky Horse Park,
the Falls of the Ohio State Park, andthe new Muhammad Ali Center in
downtown Louisville.
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ICARUS 2004 PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES ANNOUNCED
Once again, through a special arrangement between the DPS and Elsevier,
DPS members may obtain personal electronic or personal print
subscriptions to Icarus at a special reduced rate. This rate for 2004
is $99 for print, $99 for electronic, or $198 for both, and is
available only by direct order from Elsevier using the form available
at the DPS website:
http://www.aas.org/~dps/dps.html (This form was included in the
registration packet at the Monterey meeting.) Because of the special
handling required to process DPS orders, you are asked to submit your
order no later than December 15.
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ICARUS INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS-YOUR INPUT NEEDED
Does your institution subscribe to Icarus? If not, what are the
reasons? If Icarus could be made available at reasonable cost, and not
be part of an expensive "bundle" of multiple Elsevier publications, is
it likely your institution would become a new subscriber? If your
institution is a current subscriber to Icarus, does this enable you to
have satisfactory electronic access back to Volume1, Issue1? These
topics were raised with Dr. Marten Stavenga, Director of Publishing for
Elsevier, who met with the DPS Committee on Monday September 1.
Stavenga asked that the Committee compile information and DPS community
feedback on these topics and share the results with him. Stavenga
holds high enough authority within Elsevier that new policies may be
effected in response to DPS community feedback and interest. Please
send your responses to the current DPS Committee liaison for Elsevier,
Richard Binzel: [email protected]
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SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION SURVEY REPORT NOW AVAILABLE
The final, edited text of "New Frontiers in the Solar System: An
Integrated Exploration Strategy," the report of the NRC's Solar System
Exploration Survey (a.k.a. Belton Report, a.k.a. Planetary Decadal
Survey) is now available from the Space Studies Board. If you did not
pick up a copy of the report on CD-ROM at the DPS meeting in Monterey
you can download the text in PDF format from
<http://books.nap.edu/html/newfrontiers/0309084954.pdf>.
Alternatively, you can request a free copy of the disk by sending an
email message to [email protected]. We are also taking advance orders for
paper copies of the report and also for copies of the "New Frontiers
in Solar System Exploration," a 32-page, full-color booklet describing
for a popular audience the principal mission recommendations of the
Solar System Exploration Survey. When ordering please include your
full mailing address and indicate clearly whether you want the CD-ROM
(now available), the paper version (available early October) or the
popular booklet (available late October). All are free of charge while
supplies last.
David H. Smith,
Space Studies Board,
Keck Center
500 Fifth St.NW,
Washington, D.C.,20001
[email protected]
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ARECIBO ASTEROID DYNAMICS WORKSHOP
First Announcement of Workshop at the Arecibo Observatoryhosted by The
National Astronomy and Ionospheric Center
The Dynamics of Asteroids: Orbits and Rotation States
February 2-4, 2004
Arecibo Observatory, PuertoRico
Over the last several years, it has become clear that asteroid orbital
and rotational dynamics are complicated by effects, particularly
Yarkovsky/YORP, which introduce spin-orbit couplings, and which depend
on the internal structure of the asteroids. These details may be
responsible for many of the unsolved problems of ten years ago. The
time is right for a workshop which will cover both observational and
theoretical aspects of asteroid dynamics and spin states. Papers on
related topics are also welcome. We can accommodate about 40 people,
with housing on site for most, possibly all, participants in
double-occupancy rooms.We are planning a 2.5-day meeting, February 2-4,
2004. The Caribbean is very pleasant this time of year. We anticipate
that travel funds will be available for students and others who would
otherwise be unable to attend.
Scientific Organizing Committee:
Mike Nolan (Chair)
Alan Harris
Bill Bottke
Dan Durda
David Vokrouhlicky
Donald Campbell
Ellen Howell
For more information, please visit our website, and send an indication
of interest as soon as possible.
http://www.naic.edu/~ehowell/astdyn
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Tenure Track Faculty Position--UC Santa Cruz. Chemistry and dynamics
of planetary atmospheres or formation, evolution, and geology of
planetary bodies. Deadline November 24,2003. Details at
http://es.ucsc.edu/jobs/asstprof.html
See also AAS Job Register: http://www.aas.org/JobRegister/index.html
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Linda French Emmons, DPS Secretary
Illinois Wesleyan University
[email protected]