Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:13:23 -0600 Subject: DPS mailing #03-23: MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL,ICARUS, TRANSIT OF VENUS EDUCATION PROGRAM, SPECIAL EVENTS AT AGU MEETING, TIMESCALES CONFERENCE, DPS MEMBERS ON THE AAS BALLOT, JOB ANNOUNCEMENT, SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: ASTEROID DYNAMICS WORKSHOP +------------------CONTENTS:-------------------------------+ |1) MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL |2) ICARUS SUBSCRIPTIONS |3) TRANSIT OF VENUS EDUCATION PROGRAM |4) SPECIAL EVENTS IN SPACE PHYSICS, AERONOMY AND PLANETARY | SCIENCE AT THE AGU MEETING: 9 DECEMBER 2003 |5) TIMESCALES CONFERENCE |6) DPS MEMBERS ON THE AAS BALLOT |7) JOB ANNOUNCEMENT |8) SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: ASTEROID DYNAMICS WORKSHOP +-----------------------------------------------------------+ 1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1 MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS DPS/AAS membership renewals were mailed out by the AAS in early October. If you have not received yours by now, please contact the AAS at [email protected] to request a copy. Please note that renewals also allow the opportunity for members to make a donation to the Division if desired. Please note that as approved by the DPS membership in the 2003 balloting, the Junior Affiliate membership category has been discontinued. Former Junior Affiliate members are now being billed at the regular Division Affiliate rate. 2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2 ICARUS SUBSCRIPTIONS As a reminder, December 15 is the deadline for personal subscription orders to Icarus for 2004. The special DPS member rate is $99 for electronic, $99 for print, $198 for both. Please use the order form available at the DPS web site: http://www.aas.org/~dps/dps.html 3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3 TRANSIT OF VENUS EDUCATION PROGRAM As many of you are aware, June 8th, 2004 will bring the first transit of Venus since 1882. For this important event, the NASA Office of Space Science is launching an international education program aimed at teaching students, teachers, and the public about the historic scientific importance of the transit as well as giving them the opportunity to view the transit through a live webcast from Spain and to replicate the calculation of the value of the astronomical unit through solar observatory images from Nova Scotia through Uruguay. Other elements of the program include a re-orchestration and performance of the 1883 John Phillips Sousa Venus Transit March, a section on comparative planetology of the inner planets, connections to Native American cultures, and amateur astronomer involvement through a Venus Transit Observing Certificate Program. We are anticipating a huge response from schools, museums and science centers, and researchers. DPS members interested in participating through talks and presentations in schools, science centers, or other public venues are welcome to browse our web site and to register at: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/sunearthday/2004/index_vthome.htm You can register by clicking on the "For Scientists" link. For more information, contact Lou Mayo (301) 286-0165, [email protected]. Free CDs of the Sousa March are available for participating scientists! 4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4 SPECIAL EVENTS IN SPACE PHYSICS, AERONOMY AND PLANETARY SCIENCE AT THE AGU MEETING: 9 DECEMBER 2003 As part of the upcoming AGU meeting at the new Moscone Center in San Francisco (8-12 December 2003), there are two events on Tuesday, December 9th, of special interest to the members of the AGU Sections on Space Physics & Aeronomy (SPA) and Planetology (P). At the conclusion of the science sessions on Tuesday afternoon, there will be an Agency Night featuring speakers from NSF and NASA on the post-decadal-survey status of programs in our fields (our guests will be Dr. Richard Behnke, Dr. Richard Fisher and Dr. Jay Bergstrahl). A question and answer period will follow their presentations. At the conclusion of Agency Night, a Joint Dinner for the Planetology (P) and Space Physics & Aeronomy (SPA) section members (and guests) will be held at the nearby Nikko Hotel. This annual event features updates on section activities, fine food and drinks, and brave attempts at entertainment. Please join us! Tickets for the SPA-P dinner are available from the AGU website, as are registration and hotel details: http://www.agu.org 5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5 TIMESCALES CONFERENCE You are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary conference bringing together astronomers, planetary scientists, and Earth scientists. The title is "Planetary Timescales: From Stardust to Continents." 16-20 February 2004 Australian Academy of Science Canberra, Australia Registration deadline: 15 Dec. 2003 http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/PSI/white_conference.html Contact Ulyana Dyudina ([email protected]) or Vickie Bennett ([email protected]) 6---------6---------6---------6---------6---------6---------6---------6 DPS MEMBERS ON THE AAS BALLOT DPS members who have their parent society affiliation with the American Astronomical Society will notice two DPS members on the 2003 - 2004 AAS election ballot. DPS Past-Chair Richard Binzel is a candidate for AAS Councilor and DPS Treasurer Melissa McGrath is a candidate for the AAS Nominating Committee. Ballots are distributed within the December AAS Newsletter and are due (by mail) by Friday January 30, 2004. 7---------7---------7---------7---------7---------7---------7---------7 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Tenure-Track Research Position, Lowell Observatory. http://members.aas.org/JobReg/JobdetailPage.cfm?JID=20482 Contact Bob Millis, Lowell Observatory, [email protected], (928) 774-3358. 8---------8---------8---------8---------8---------8---------8---------8 SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: WORKSHOP ON ASTEROID DYNAMICS NOTE DEADLINE! hosted by The National Astronomy and Ionospheric Center The Dynamics of Asteroids: Orbits and Rotation States February 2-4, 2004 Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico Abstract / Funding Request Deadline 2003 December 8 14:00 UTC For more information, please visit our website, and send an abstract as soon as possible, but no later than 2003 Dec 8. http://www.naic.edu/~ehowell/astdyn Contact address: [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Linda French Emmons, DPS Secretary Illinois Wesleyan University [email protected]