Newsletter 16-47

Issue 16-47, December 11, 2016

 

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  1. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: PLANETARY SCIENCE EXAMPLES FROM PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE
  2. RENEW YOUR AAS/DPS MEMBERSHIP TODAY
  3. REGISTRATION FOR SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG) MEETING 16
  4. CALL FOR PAPERS (SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT) – SIXTH MARS POLAR CONFERENCE
  5. EXOPLANET SCIENCE WITH SMALL TELESCOPES: PRECISE RADIAL VELOCITIES
  6. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: PLANETARY SCIENCE EXAMPLES 

FROM PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE

 

Monday: The DPS Committee reviewed, discussed and passed the 2017 

budget in an hour! Thanks to treasurer, Andy Rivkin for leading that effort, 

for the subcommittee chairs getting in their requests, and to the Committee 

for discussing and voting it approved. The budget funds telecommunications 

and activities of the subcommittees, and travel for the Committee’s and 

federal relations subcommittee members’ Congressional visits in the spring. 

Next on our agenda is reviewing charges of all subcommittees. 

 

Tuesday: Ben Feist (yes, the singer’s brother), recounted at Goddard Space 

Flight Center last week, his personal pathway to a project restoring the Apollo 

17 mission timeline http://benfeist.com/project-apollo-17. That lead to Apollo 

17 in real-time http://apollo17.org. As Ben said, he did this to engage people 

in the history of our space program, and he succeeded! It is awesome. 

 

Back to Monday: The subcommittee on professional climate and culture and 

our secretary’s newsletter (thank you Anne Verbiscer), brought to my attention 

Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop. So I took a side trip to vision 33 

years down the road, asking among my network of younger colleagues to 

contribute to an abstract.   Five of my 8 co-authors wouldn’t have proposed to 

this opportunity, if I weren’t going to AGU and wasn’t writing an abstract for ACM.

 

Wednesday: Back to the present with some current data from the Dawn mission 

reviewing plans for upcoming data collection.  It is fun and a privilege. 

 

Thursday: Drafted Planetary Visions abstract, sent to co-authors for review and 

augmentation.  

 

Friday: Revised and submitted in spite of the fact that the deadline was moved 

forward to next week.  

 

I truly appreciate the opportunity to lead the division for planetary science 

this year. As we enter the holiday season, I encourage everyone to pause to 

enjoy it, spend time with those we love, and recommit our efforts to explore

and share our knowledge broadly so that we inspire, engage and enlighten 

those in the world around us.  Happy Holidays.

 

Lucy McFadden

DPS Chair

 

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RENEW YOUR AAS/DPS MEMBERSHIP TODAY
 

AAS emailed members in early September announcing the start of membership 

renewal season, and many took notice. Online renewals are arriving at a steady

pace. If you have already paid your dues, thanks for your continued support.

 

To help reduce costs and the Society’s carbon footprint, we encourage you to

renew online today for fast, easy self-service. Simply log in to pay your dues,

to confirm or update your journal subscriptions and Division memberships, 

and to lock in savings for 2017 by renewing for two years at the current rate. 

(Note: That last option isn’t available to junior members, who instead get two

years for the price of one — currently $81 —when first joining the Society, 

then renew annually thereafter.)

 

Renew before 31 December to maintain your benefits and receive additional 

savings: the AAS will extend a one-time 15% discount off your portion of the 

author charges for one paper published in the Astronomical Journal, the 

Astrophysical Journal, ApJ Letters, or ApJ Supplement. Eligible members 

can double their savings: if you renew by 31 December for two years, you will 

receive the 15% author discount on one paper each in 2017 and 2018.

The Society has much planned for 2017 — including the 229th meeting of the 

AAS in Grapevine, TX in January — so you won’t want to miss out on the latest 

science, member communications, and career and networking opportunities. 

Supporting the AAS is supporting your discipline. Renew today!

 

If you have any questions about your dues or benefits, or need assistance 

when logging in, please contact the membership team by email at 

[email protected] or by phone at 202-328-2010. Thank you!

 

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REGISTRATION FOR SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG) 

MEETING 16

 

JANUARY 11-13, 2017   TUCSON, ARIZONA

 

Information about the 16th Meeting of the Small Bodies Assessment 

Group (SBAG), including registration, is now available. You can 

access it either through the “Registration” link on the SBAG website at 

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/ 

or directly at 

http://www.cvent.com/events/nasa-small-bodies-assessment-group-meeting/event-summary-b7501148951746258c5b21207299687c.aspx 

The meeting will start Wednesday morning, and end Friday noon.

An agenda will be posted soon. 

I hope to see you in Tucson next month. 

Tim Swindle

SBAG Chair

 

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CALL FOR PAPERS (SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT) –

SIXTH MARS POLAR CONFERENCE

 

The Scientific Organizing Committee is organizing a special issue of Icarus 

related to Mars Polar research, particularly in the fields of polar geology, 

glaciology, climate record, atmospheric dynamics, terrestrial analogs, ground 

ice, geochemistry, and Mars polar surface activity. In recognition of the broad 

scope, interdisciplinary nature, and strong international interest in this topic, 

we welcome the participation of any interested scientist with relevant theoretical, 

experimental, or field experience. This special issue is open to all interested 

authors with Mars Polar related research to publish, whether they attended the 

conference or not. Please email questions or notices of intent to guest editors,

Adrian Brown and Michael Sori

 

Manuscripts should be submitted through Icarus’ EVISE website. Authors must 

select “Mars Polar Science VI” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the

 submission process.

 

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EXOPLANET SCIENCE WITH SMALL TELESCOPES: 

PRECISE RADIAL VELOCITIES

 

Announcing the first workshop devoted to the discussion of how sub-meter-

class telescopes can be used to discover, confirm, and characterize exoplanets 

using the Doppler method. The workshop will take place on April 24-26, 2017 

at University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, PA. Registration is open now on 

our website at http://web.sas.upenn.edu/smalltrv/, and abstracts are due on 

February 3, 2017. 

 

Please send questions or inquiries to Prof. Cullen Blake at [email protected].

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

  1.  

LESIA, University of Paris

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Application Deadline: 2/28/2017

 

content/post-doc-position-comet-scienceinfraredrosetta 

 

 

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AT THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS IN UPPSALA

This project will investigate the structure and dynamics of Saturn’s 

ionosphere and its interaction with the charged dust and plasma near 

its rings. The Cassini mission will end in 2017 with close orbits 

through the ring systems and passages through the upper atmosphere 

and ionosphere of Saturn. The Radio & Plasma Wave Science instrument 

package includes IRF’s Langmuir probe. Data from this will be analysed 

in order to study the ring dust and plasma and make the first detailed 

in-situ measurements of Saturn’s ionosphere.

 

Candidates should have completed a PhD in space physics or a related 

field during 2013 or later. Candidates planning to obtain their PhD 

before April 2017 may apply. If the candidate has an older degree and 

wants to refer to special circumstances, this should be clearly 

stated. Candidates should demonstrate experience in spacecraft data 

analysis, as part of national and international collaborations. 

Experience with theoretical modelling is an advantage, as is an 

interest in developing instrumental techniques and methods, and 

experience in coordinating scientific activities.

 

Further details: http://www.irf.se/jobb

 

Closing date for applications: 26 January 2017

Reference number: 2.2.1-312/16

 

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