Don't miss out on the Fun Events that are happening at the meeting!

• Everyday
  • Session chair breakfasts are at 7:30 am in room 204.
  • Student - DPS Chair breakfasts are at 7:30 am in room 211.

• Sunday (Oct 3)
  • Workshop on Formation, Composition, and Evolution of Satellites and Minor Bodies of the Outer Solar System. 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Ballroom H. The purpose of this session is to illuminate the accretion of bodies in the solar nebula and the subnebulae of giant planets, as well as their composition and long term evolution. Indeed, the processes forming the satellite systems are coupled to those governing planetary formation and the evolution of the early Solar System. Thus, the connection between them particularly in light of recent results will be reviewed. A goal is to promote cross fertilization between research disciplines. Abstracts dealing with either minor bodies or regular satellites are acceptable, however, we especially encourage submissions that seek to provide a link between them. For more information, contact Paul Estrada.
  • Early Career Scientist Workshop 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Room 211. This workshop is open to all graduate students and recent post-graduates interested in learning more about advancing their career in planetary science. The full day workshop will include a networking event, a panel on career pathways, and a tutorial on proposal writing.
    Lunch and refreshments will be provided to participants. Pre-registration is required for this event due to space limitations. Please contact Rachel Mastrapa to pre-register. If openings are still available, there will be a sign-up list at the main DPS meeting registration area, as well. This event is sponsored by NASA and the DPS Committee.
  • SOFIA tour to Palmdale. 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Contact Dr. Jeonghee Rho for more information.
  • Workshop on Lab Studies for Icy Satellites and Exoplanets. 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Ballroom G. With increasing discoveries of the number of "hot Jupiter" type exoplanets in the recent years, the field of Exoplanets is indeed expanding at a very rapid pace. At the same time, detection of atmospheres on these Exoplanets is becoming possible as well as challenging. Through this call we invite experts in this field to come forward, narrate what is the current state of knowledge and what the Laboratory Planetary Scientists could offer to meet the needs of this field. Icy bodies in our solar system are everywhere - from Earth through Mars and Outer Solar System to KBOs and Oort Clouds. At the same time we have limited understanding of how these icy bodies, their surfaces, their interior, and their atmospheres evolve. Laboratory studies are crucial to enhance our understanding of the evolution of these icy bodies. With MSL and Flagship Missions to Outer Planets in the horizon, we would like to focus this session on ices of Mars and Outer Solar System, specifically Europa and Ganymede. Through this call we invite experimental, observational, and modeling scientists to submit abstracts for talks and posters.
    If you would like to nominate colleagues for invited talks in either of the topics, please send us the details. For more information, contact Murthy Gudipati.
  • Registration. 3 pm - 8 pm at Convention Center
  • Welcome Reception. 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm in the courtyard at the nearby Westin. Cocktails and appetizers!
  • Grad Student and postdoc reception. 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm at the Westin. Pizza! Please sign up for this event when you register for the meeting.

• Monday (Oct 4)
  • Workshop: PSS Study of NASA's R&A Programs. Noon - 1:30 pm. Ballroom E. The NASA Advisory Council's Planetary Science Subcommittee is conducting a study of NASA's programs that are "mission-enabling" activities. Prompted in part by NRC (2010) recommendations, the study will trace NASA's planetary science 2010 "Roadmap" objectives through to specific research programs, facilties, and other activities and assess their relevance and balance. This "Town Hall" session is to solicit comments and input from the planetary science community. For more information, contact Ronald Greeley.
  • Workshop: Exoplanet Exploration Comes of Age. 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Ballroom BC. As evidenced by the increasing number of conference sessions devoted to exoplanets, the whole field is expanding with discoveries of new planets, studies of atmospheric composition and weather, and more details of exoplanetary systems. Comparative planetology can now be extended beyond the Solar System. With large numbers of exoplanet systems already known and growing, the science can move from our single example to a statistically significant sample size. There is strong interplay possible when the Solar System and exoplanet systems are compared and contrasted. NASA has commissioned an Exoplanet Program Analysis Group, ExoPAG, to provide analyses to the NASA Advisory Council's Astrophysics Subcommittee. This workshop will introduce the ExoPAG and its Study Analysis Groups (SAGs) will make short presentations. In light of the release of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, SAG goals will be presented. For more information, contact Stephen Edberg.
  • Workshop: Introduction to PDS 4. 6:00 pm -7:30 pm. Room 209/210. We will present a general introduction to PDS 4 for data providers and for science data users. We will discuss the improvements that PDS 4 offers, and refer participants to resources for further information. For more information, contact Susan Hoban
  • SOFIA Workshop, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Room 208. We will hold a special workshop session, open to all DPS attendees, during which the status of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), including the aircraft, telescope, and science instruments, will be presented. Opportunities to observe with SOFIA will be explained in detail.
    Community input is solicited with an aim toward making SOFIA as useful as possible for planetary science.
    Please note that a reception for the SOFIA workshop begins at 5:30 pm with refreshments and Hors d'oeuvres in the room 208.
    If you have any questions, please contact the workshop organizer, Bill Reach.
  • Special screening for DPS members! "The Planets - an HD Odyssey." Director Duncan Copp ("In the Shadow of the Moon") will introduce the film and hold a Q&A session after the film. 7:30 pm. Convention Center.

  • "The Galactic Quest for Exoplanets" - a set of 4 short lectures for the public. 8:00-9:30 pm. Beckman Auditorium, Caltech. Free of charge.
    • Eric Ford, University of Florida, theories of origins of planets & satellites
    • Jason Wright, Pennsylvania State University, search for exoplanets (overview and ground based)
    • Natalie Batalha, San Jose State University, search for exoplanets (latest updates from Kepler)
    • Mark Swain, JPL, characterization of exoplanets
  • Movie night at the Westin, San Marino room. 9 pm. Galaxy Quest

• Tuesday (Oct 5)
  • Tours of JPL. How many of you have simply never been to JPL? Take a tour and learn all about everything that goes on here! Open to DPS members and guests. 9:30 am. This event is now full. To sign up, please contact Laura Woodney
  • Workshop: Europa Jupiter System Mission Town Hall. Noon - 1:00 pm. Ballroom BC. This lunchtime "town hall" will be an opportunity to discuss the current status and up-to-date science goals and objectives of the Europa Jupiter System Mission with members of the Joint Jupiter Science Definition Team and the Jupiter Europa Orbiter Pre-Project team. For more information, contact Robert Pappalardo.
  • Huntington Library: Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the World. This exhibit won the 2009 American Association of Museums' Grand Prize, for Excellence in Exhibitions. Highlights include Edwin Hubble's own copy of Nicolaus Copernicus's De Revolutionibus; Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica (1687) is alongside, a copy that was owned by first Newton himself and then Edmond Halley. One-hour tour hosted by curator Dan Lewis 1:30 pm. Free of charge. To sign up, contact Amanda Hendrix. (Note: on Tuesdays, the Huntington is closed to the public, so tour participants will have the place to themselves, but will not be allowed to visit areas other than the Library. Of course, you are also welcome to purchase a ticket and visit the exhibit and the rest of the Huntington on another day.)
  • Decadal Survey Update. 7:30 pm. Convention Center.
  • NASA night! 8:00 pm. Convention Center.
  • Big Bang Theory Come and see a taping for this hot TV show. Attendees will need their own transportation to the event and need to arrive at the studio by 5:00 pm. Car pools will be arranged. We have already reached our limit of 30 attendees. Contact Julie Rathbun for more information.
  • Movie night at the Westin, San Marino room. 9 pm. Wall-E

• Wednesday (Oct 6)
  • Workshop: DPS Women's Lunch. 12:30 - 1:30 pm. Room 211 60 people maximum, so sign up early! Join us for an informal meeting and discussion hour over lunch. An update on the status of the DPS Professional Development committee as well as other relevant information to women in astronomy and planetary science will be briefly presented. Please feel free to bring any related information/announcements to share. All are welcome, but pre-registration is required for this event due to space limitations. Lunch will be provided. Please sign up for this event when you register for the meeting. For more information, contact Kelsi Singer.
  • Banquet! Join us at the historic Castle Green, within walking distance of the Pasadena Convention Center, for a memorable evening. Cocktails 6:30-7:30 pm, dinner & music 7:30-10:30 pm. 350 people maximum, so sign up early! Please sign up for this event when you register for the meeting.
    
  • Movie night at the Westin, San Marino room. 9 pm. Star Trek (2009)

• Thursday (Oct 7)
  • Workshop: Exoplanet Science from Solar System Probes. Noon - 1:00 pm Ballroom D. This brief workshop will explore the opportunities for conducting exoplanet science using planetary spacecraft. A range of observations are possible, including microlensing and detection of exoplanetary transits including spectroscopy. For more information, contact Stephen Unwin.
  • Workshop: NSF Town Hall. Noon - 1:30 pm. Ballroom BC. The NSF Town Hall provides a forum for the planetary science community to hear the latest news from the Astronomy Division while communicating with the Division staff on issues and concerns. AST staff will provide an update on the AST budget (within allowed guidelines), staffing changes at AST, and the current status of plans to implement the Astro2010 Decadal Survey. As much time as possible will be reserved for questions and answers. For more information, contact Tom Statler.
  • Workshop: IOPW Uranus/Neptune Meeting. Noon - 1:30 pm. Room 209/210. This is an informal tag-up of people interested in the ice giants, whether through observation or theory. Recent results will be discussed, as will plans for upcoming work. For more information, contact Heidi Hammel.
  • Workshop: Community Input to PSD Technology Review Panel. Noon - 1:00 pm. Ballroom E. NASA PSD has instituted a review of how they manage technology. The primary objective of this panel is to assist PSD in developing a coordinated and integrated technology management plan that will better utilize technology resources. As part of this task the panel is soliciting inputs from science and technology communities with a diverse set of backgrounds and perspectives. This goal of this workshop is to provide information on the PSTR panel's work to date and to get input from the DPS community. For maor information, contact Patricia Beauchamp.
  • Workshop: International Outer Planets Watch: Atmospheres 4:00 - 6:00 pm. Room 209/210. This is the meeting of the atmospheres node of the IOPW. It will be used as a forum for coordination of observations of the Giant Planets over the next year and for short presentations of scientific themes not accomodated on the oral and poster sessions. For more information, contact Ricardo Hueso.
  • HSPD-12 The 2004 Homeland Security Presidential Directive #12 would subject Caltech employees at JPL to intrusive, open ended background investigations. Oral arguments will be heard by the Supreme Court on October 5, 2010. Join us to hear about the Supreme Court hearing and for Q&A with lead plaintiff Robert M. Nelson. 5:00 pm. Room 211.
  • "In the Land of Enchantment: Cassini Explores Saturn" - the DPS Sagan Medal public talk by Carolyn Porco. Pasadena Civic Auditorium. 7:00P. Doors open at 6:30P. Tickets $10 at the door or can be purchashed in advance through ticketmaster.
  • Griffith Observatory event. Includes:
    • Bus transportation to/from Griffith Observatory is now filled to capacity. You may still sign up for the tour but will need to provide your own transportation to and from the event
    • "By the Light of the Watery Moon," a panel discussion, including talks by John Spencer (Enceladus), Bonnie Buratti (Titan) and Tony Colaprete (Earth's Moon)
    • dinner at the Wolfgang Puck cafe at the Observatory (optional)
    • planetarium shows: Light of the Valkyries (7:45 pm) and Centered in the Universe (8:45 pm); $7 admission ticket
    • DPSers who opt to drive cars to Griffith may wish to visit the establishments of the Los Feliz neighborhood
    • Tentative agenda:
      • 6:30 pm - buses leave Pasadena
      • 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm - panel discussion (optional)
      • 7:45 pm - planetarium show (optional)
      • 8:45 pm - planetarium show (optional)
      • 9:00 pm - one bus departs
      • 10:00 pm - other bus departs
    • To sign up, please contact Bidushi Bhattacharya. We'd like to get a head count for the evening; please let us know if you think you'll attend, the number in your party, whether you'd like to take the bus, and whether you think you'll have dinner at the Observatory cafe.
  • Movie night at the Westin, San Marino room. 9 pm. Contact

• Friday (Oct 8)
  • Workshop: Finding KBO Targets for New Horizons. Noon - 1:30 pm. Room 209/210. The purpose of this meeting will be to continue the detailed development of plans for the search for additional KBO targets for New Horizons after its 2015 flyby of the Pluto system. For more information, contact John Spencer.
  • Wrap party! 5:30P. Barbecue at Andy Ingersoll's house, sponsored by Caltech's Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. Invite spouses and families. Contact Amanda Hendrix to reserve a spot.

• Saturday (Oct 9)
  • Tour of Mt. Wilson Observatory. 55 people maximum, so sign up early! Cost is $25 and covers admission and transportaion. Lunch can be purchased at the cafe at the Observatory. Plan to meet at ~9:30 am and be back by ~2:00 pm. Details are being worked, so please stay tuned. Please sign up for this event when you register for the meeting.
  • Tour of Palomar Observatory. 55 people maximum, so sign up early! Cost is $50 and covers lunch and transportaion. Plan to meet at ~8:15 am and be back by ~3:30 pm. Details are being worked, so please stay tuned. Please sign up for this event when you register for the meeting.