Issue 19-04, February 2, 2019

 

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1. REMINDER: EPSC-DPS 2019 CALL-FOR-SESSIONS DEADLINE (5TH FEBRUARY)
2. CALL FOR DPS 2019 PRIZE NOMINATIONS
3. AOGS SESSION PS02: PLASMA – SURFACE INTERACTIONS WITH AIRLESS BODIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
4. AOGS SESSION ST08: MAGNETIC FLUX ROPE THROUGHOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM
5. NEW HORIZONS IN PLANETARY SYSTEMS
6. INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON PALEOCLIMATE: CHANGE AND ADAPTATION
7. EUROPEAN LUNAR SYMPOSIUM
8. EUROPLANET COMETARY PLASMA SCIENCE WORKSHOP
9. THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTIONS
10. NEW DEADLINE FOR CASSINI SPECIAL ISSUE: 15 FEBRUARY
11. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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REMINDER: EPSC-DPS2019 CALL-FOR-SESSIONS DEADLINE (5TH FEBRUARY)

 

Dear colleagues,

 

Reminder:  The upcoming deadline to submit session proposals for the EPSC-DPS 

Joint Meeting 2019 is on 5 February 2019.

 

Important note: a call for workshops and splinter meetings will be posted later.

 

The meeting will cover the whole scope of planetary science.  You may propose 

sessions for the following Programme Groups (PG):

 

TP – Terrestrial Planets

OPS – Outer Planet Systems

MIT – Missions, Instrumentation, Techniques

SB – Small Bodies (comets, KBOs, rings, asteroids, meteorites, dust)

EXO – Exoplanets and Origins

ODA – Outreach, Diversity, Amateur Astronomy

 

Please submit your proposal to the most appropriate Programme Group (PG).

All session proposals will be considered and reviewed by the Scientific Organizing

Committee.  During the consolidation phase of the programme, sessions may be 

listed across two or more PGs.

 

Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] if you have any 

questions regarding your session proposal.

 

To submit a proposal, please access https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2019/provisionalprogramme

Then select a PG at the top and click on “suggest a session here” to fill out your

session proposal.

 

We look forward to more good proposals for exciting sessions.

 

Best regards,

 

Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Joe Spitale, Frank Sohl & Devon Burr

Scientific organizing committee chairs

 

Jean-Pierre Lebreton

Executive EPSC committee chair

 

Linda Spilker

DPS Chair

 

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CALL FOR DPS 2019 PRIZE NOMINATIONS

 

Deadline: April 1, 2019

 

Every year the DPS recognizes exceptional achievement in our field.

Please consider nominating a respected colleague for one of the annual

DPS prizes. The DPS sponsors five prizes:

 

The Gerard P. Kuiper Prize honors outstanding contributions to the field

 of planetary science.

 

The Harold C. Urey Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in planetary

research by a young scientist.

 

The Harold Masursky Award acknowledges outstanding service to planetary

science and exploration.

 

The Carl Sagan Medal recognizes and honors outstanding communication

by an active planetary scientist to the general public.

 

The Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award recognizes and

stimulates distinguished popular writing on planetary sciences.

 

DPS members and the planetary science community-at-large are encouraged to

submit nominations for DPS prizes.

 

A complete nomination submitted by the deadline will be considered by the

DPS Prize subcommittee for 3 years (i.e. for this year’s award, next year’s award,

and the year after that), or for the duration of a candidate’s eligibility, whichever

is less. Please fill out the nomination form, and it will be submitted to the prize

subcommittee. The Eberhart Award has different rules and procedures than the

other DPS Prizes, please see its page for more information.

 

Scroll to the bottom of prizes for rules and procedures.

Questions: [email protected]

 

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AOGS SESSION PS02: PLASMA – SURFACE INTERACTIONS WITH AIRLESS BODIES IN

THE SOLAR SYSTEM

 

We would kindly like to bring to your attention our session entitled

“Plasma – Surface Interactions with Airless Bodies in the Solar

System”, organized at the 2019 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

meeting, held from 28 July to 2 August in Singapore.

 

In this session we invite contributions that will move forward our

understanding of fundamental plasma-surface interaction mechanisms with

airless bodies in our Solar System. Investigations that explore key

challenges by exploiting the synergies between in-situ observations,

simulations models and laboratory experiments to characterize the

fundamental physical processes determining the global and local

near-surface plasma environments are especially welcomed. 

 

Full session details here:

 

https://www.meetmatt-svr.net/Public/SessionDetailsPartial?id=13

 

With many successful missions to airless bodies recently completed,

currently active, and in preparation, and with both simulation models

and laboratory experiments resolving the finer details of plasma

interactions better each year, this will surely be an exciting session!

 

Feel free to spread this announcement. Before February 12, submit your 

abstract here:

 

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=abstract.htm

 

Thank you, we look forward to seeing you in Singapore!

 

Jan Deca, Li Hsia Yeo, Charles Lue

 

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AOGS SESSION ST08: MAGNETIC FLUX ROPE THROUGHOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM

 

At the AOGS 2019 conference held in Singapore 28 July – 2 August 2019,

we will convene a session titled: “ST-08 Magnetic Flux Rope Throughout

the Solar System”.

 

We invite abstracts that address a wide range of topics on the

fundamental physics of magnetic flux ropes from the solar atmosphere to

the magnetospheres of Earth and planets (inner and outer planets,

including Venus and Mars) using spacecraft observations, theoretical

analysis, and numerical simulations. Magnetic flux rope is one of the

most fundamental magnetic structures in space plasma physics and are

ubiquitous in the solar system. They can exist in a wide range of

spatial scales, from tens-of-million km coronal mass ejection in

interplanetary space, to tens-of-thousands km flux transfer events and

plasmoid-type flux ropes in global/induced planetary magnetospheres,

down to the electron inertial scale length magnetic islands forming

during the early stages of reconnection in thin current sheets. Despite

having been extensively studied using classical plasma theory,

numerical simulations and observations, many aspects of magnetic flux

ropes remain unexplored, primarily their origins, dynamics (e.g.

plasmoid instability) and their effects on field-aligned current

generation, energetic particle acceleration and thermal plasma

transport. 

 

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NEW HORIZONS IN PLANETARY SYSTEMS

 

NOTE: February 8th is the deadline for abstract submission and applications

for travel and childcare support 

 

New Horizons in Planetary Systems

Understanding  planetary  systems  from  protoplanetary  disks  through  to 

the  solar  system,  exoplanets  and  debris  disks 13-17 May 2019 Victoria,

British Columbia, Canada 

 

Financial Assistance

Travel support as well as childcare support will be available for those who

need financial assistance to attend.

For more information, see the meeting website:

http://go.nrao.edu/NewHorizons  

 

Web: http://go.nrao.edu/NewHorizons

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicplanetsys

Twitter: #VicPlanetSys 

 

The meeting is jointly organized by NRC Herzberg and NRAO  – as part of

their roles within the North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) and

will have a broad scope, including planetary systems in formation within

protoplanetary disks, minor objects in the solar system, debris disks and

exoplanets. Experts will be asked to provide insights from all these fields to

enhance our understanding of how planets form and evolve.  

 

Although it is organized by the NAASC, the meeting is not ALMA-centric,

with a strong focus on the impact of the New Horizons mission flyby of a

Kuiper Belt Object in January 2019, as well as experts from the Transiting

Exoplanet Survey Satellite and other facilities, who will be asked to provide

a multi-chromatic picture of the current understanding in their fields. Invited

speakers have been asked to provide broadly accessible talks.  

 

 

The meeting will be held at the Victoria Conference Centre in the heart of

picturesque Victoria, British Columbia, on Canada’s Pacific coast. Local

attractions include whale watching, wine tours, the world-famous Butchart

Gardens, and the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.  Excellent beaches,

diving, camping and hiking are all within a day’s drive from Victoria.    

 

Invited speakers 

• Diana Dragomir (MIT Kavli Institute): TESS early results

• Brett Gladman (UBC): theory of planet formation

• Grant Kennedy (Warwick): debris disk constraints on planet formation

• Heather Knutson (Caltech): exoplanet atmospheric composition

• Emmanuel Lellouch (Obs de Paris): solar system objects, constraints on formation

• Karin Öberg (Harvard): protoplanetary disk composition and chemistry

• John Spencer (SWRI): New Horizons KBO flyby: first results

• Geronimo Villaneuva (NASA Goddard): cometary chemistry and early planet formation

• Zhaohuan Zhu (UNLV): Protoplanetary disk composition/chemistry 

 

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INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON PALEOCLIMATE: CHANGE AND ADAPTATION

 

Coimbra, Portugal

18-19 July, 2019

 

The Directors of the Geosciences Centre (CGEO) and of the Centre for

Earth and Space Research (CITEUC) of the University of Coimbra

(Portugal) invite members of your institution to participate in the

International Meeting on “Paleoclimate: Change and Adaptation”, at the

University of Coimbra (Portugal), on the 18th-19th June, 2019. The goal

is to promote an open discussion on paleoclimatic signals in order to

improve our look at the present and to ground future perspectives.

Research topics covers, without being limited to, the following areas:

 

T1 – Paleoclimates in the Solar System: external forcing and divergent

evolutions

 

T2 – Climate changes in geological time: lessons to learn

 

T3 – Climate memory in the geological record

 

T4 – Climate changes and human adaptations throughout the Quaternary

 

T5 – Climatic events and human-environment interactions in the Holocene

 

A Special Issue of papers for the “International Meeting on

Paleoclimate” meeting will be launched by Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263;

CODEN: GBSEDA), an interdisciplinary, international peer-reviewed open

access journal of geoscience, future earth and planetary science

published monthly online by MDPI.

 

Registration and additional information:

 

https://paleoclimate2019.wixsite.com/paleoclimate2019

 

Maria Helena Henriques (CGEO) and Joao Fernandes (CITEUC)

 

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EUROPEAN LUNAR SYMPOSIUM

 

We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission is now open for

the 7th European Lunar Symposium (ELS), which will be held in

Manchester, UK on 21-23 May 2019.

 

Please note that because of the continuing shutdown of the US

Government, the primary website for ELS 2019 is currently unavailable.

For now we have thus put together a temporary page where you can

download the abstract template and submit your abstract, and which

should provide sufficient information about registration processes and

deadlines. Please bookmark this page as we will provide further updates

as and when necessary. For any query, please e-mail:

[email protected] and/or

[email protected]

 

To submit your abstract please visit: 

 

http://sservi.nasa.gov/els2019

 

Please make a note of the following important dates: 

 

Registration opens: 1 January 2019

Abstract submission closes: 12 February 2019

Early-bird registration closes: 7 April 2019

 

To register for ELS, please visit: 

 

https://estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-

science-engineering/school-of-electrical-and-electronic-engineering/

european-lunar-symposium-2019/european-lunar-symposium-2019

 

The number of attendees is limited by room capacity, and we will take

registration on a 1st come, 1st served basis.

 

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EUROPLANET COMETARY PLASMA SCIENCE WORKSHOP

 

Helsinki,Finland

March 28-29, 2019

 

We welcome contributions to the Europlanet sponsored cometary plasma 

science workshop hosted by the Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC).

 

The scope of the workshop covers all cometary plasma physics related

topics, including the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the Rosetta

mission, other comets and missions as well as remote sensing, theory

and laboratory studies.

 

The organizer of the workshop is the Aalto University (Espoo, Finland) 

and it will be held at the Finnish Meteorological Institute at the 

Kumpula Campus in Helsinki.

 

For further information and registration please follow this link:

 

http://space.aalto.fi/cometplasma2019/

 

Deadline for the registrations is March 1, 2019.

 

Sincerely,

 

Local Organizing Committee:

 

Esa Kallio, Aalto University

Riku Jarvinen, Aalto University

Markku Alho, Aalto University

 

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THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTIONS

 

Don’t forget to vote in AAS elections. The DPS is the largest AAS division.

The following DPS members are candidates for AAS Officers and At-Large Trustees:

 

President – Chick Woodward

Vice President – Stephen Unwin

Secretary – Alice K.B. Monet

At-Large Trustee – Hannah Jang-Condell

 

Balloting closes at 11:59 pm EST on 8 February 2019

https://aas.org/posts/news/2018/12/vote-2019-aas-election

 

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NEW DEADLINE FOR CASSINI SPECIAL ISSUE: 15 FEBRUARY

 

Dear colleagues and attendees of the Cassini Science Symposium

in Boulder, August 2018:

 

Now that the government shutdown has ended, the deadline for submissions

to the special Icarus issue on Cassini Mission Science Results (formerly 15

January 2019) will be 15 February 2019. Both authors and reviewers may

need to work a little faster to meet the planned schedule for publication this

fiscal year.

 

Sincerely, the Editors

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS IS LOOKING FOR THREE PHD STUDENTS

 

The positions are related to studies of space plasmas.

 

Applications are invited for PhD students to study space plasma regions

of fundamental importance, such as magnetic reconnection sites, shocks,

turbulence regions, ionospheres and kinetic processes there. We are

looking for students in each of the following science topics:

 

1. Characterization of energy conversion and identification of the

mechanisms of particle acceleration operating in turbulent layers

formed at fronts of plasma jets, based on experimental data from the

NASA multi-spacecraft MMS mission. 

 

2. Understanding of electron heating and energetic electron generation

at collisionless shocks, in particular resolving the mechanisms of the

non-adiabatic processes using MMS data. 

 

3. Understanding Saturn’s ionosphere and the influence of the rings on

the ionization balance using models and data acquired during the Grand

Finale of the NASA Cassini mission.

 

Last Application Date: 2019-02-28

 

http://www2.irf.se/Topical/Vacancies/

 

B) FULLY-FUNDED PHD ON SURFACE WIND MODELLING ON MARS

 

Research team based in UK and co-supervised by researchers in CalTech

and SETI. Mars has widespread deposits of sand-sized sediments forming

significant wind-blown dune fields of various typologies and scales.

Understanding the dynamics of surface atmospheric boundary layers is

therefore paramount in examining Mars’ landform dynamics.

 

Most research efforts have focussed on Mars atmospheric circulation at

very large scales using Global Climate Models (GCMs). Temporal and

spatial scales of these models are good first principles in

understanding atmospheric-surface interactions, but are much too coarse

when trying to understand surface landform dynamics. 

 

Recent efforts have employed

microscale computational fluid dynamics modelling to investigate

atmospheric surface interactions and dune surface changes. Several

state-of-the-art numerical atmospheric modelling tools will be used,

including a Mars GCM, a regional Mars mesoscale climate model, and a

computational fluid dynamics model (OpenFOAM). Geospatial and

geomorphic analysis of relevant spacecraft imagery and other

observational data will be used to constrain and validate the modelling

results. 

 

Overall objective: to combine macro- to meso- to micro-scale

airflow modelling for a more realistic modelling of meter-scale airflow

involved in the time-evolution of aeolian features on Mars.

Full info and deadlines: 

 

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/find-a-phd/342205   

 

C) EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH COORDINATOR

 

The CLEVER Planets (http://cleverplanets.org/) research team and the 

Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (EEPS: 

https://earthscience.rice.edu/) of Rice University is seeking a 

full-time education and public outreach coordinator. The position requires 

overseeing communication and coordination of multi-institutional,

interdisciplinary NASA-funded project on planetary habitability,

responding directly to the Principle Investigator (PI) and working

with Co-Investigators (Co-I’s) and their students and postdocs.

Responsibilities of this position include website maintenance (managing

maintenance/updates/revisions to cleverplanets.org website), science

communication (e.g., coordinating with RiceNews and Media Relations

office and the EEPS department to promote CLEVER Planets research

and stories), organization of outreach activities and social media, as well

as facilitating the collaboration needs between scientists and students

through meetings, webinars, conferences and emails. In addition to working

for the aforementioned project, some additional responsibilities will also

include helping promote the strategic goals of the Department of Earth,

Environmental and Planetary Sciences. Initial contract will be given for

one year with the possibility for extension up to the entire duration of the

proposed research activities.

 

Required educational qualification is a Bachelor of Science degree, although

masters or higher-degree would be preferred, preferably in STEM fields such

as Astronomy, Physics, Earth and Planetary Science or related fields. Experience

in a university setting or with academic research is desirable. Experience with

website design/maintenance using platforms such as WordPress/Squarespace,

strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, particularly

dissemination of science to public, and event organization and management is

necessary. Some comfort with IT and IT-interfacing is desirable. Rice is an

equal opportunity employer.

 

Interested applicants should send their completed application materials (1. cover

letter, 2. resume, and 3. writing and web-designing examples) to [email protected].

The review of the applications will begin immediately and the position will

remain open until filled.

 

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1. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) ARECIBO OBSERVATORY, PUERTO RICO
2. EPSC-DPS 2019 JOINT MEETING: FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SESSIONS
3. SOLICITING ABSTRACTS FOR THE JAPAN GEOSCIENCE UNION (JPGU) MEETING
4. THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT: THE MAIN BELT: A GATEWAY TO THE FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM WORKSHOP
5. NEW HORIZONS IN PLANETARY SYSTEMS
6. CASSINI SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM MAY 20-24: WEBSITE OPEN, ABSTRACTS DUE MARCH 1, 2019
7. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: “PLUTO SYSTEM AFTER NEW HORIZONS” CONFERENCE
8. PLANETARY DYNAMICS CONFERENCE
9. THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTIONS
10. VENUS EXPLORATION ANALYSIS GROUP (VEXAG) LISTSERV DEBUT
11. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES ARECIBO OBSERVATORY, PUERTO RICO

Summer 2019 – Deadline February 1st, 2019 
Astronomy – Atmospheric Science – Planetary Science
Engineering – Computer Science
 
Arecibo Observatory carries out scientific research in Radio Astronomy, 

Planetary Sciences, and Space and Atmospheric Sciences. We receive

funding from the National Science Foundation for our Research Experience

for Undergraduates (REU) & Teachers Summer Program.
 
Interested undergraduate students must be US citizens or permanent 

residents enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program (part-time or full-time;

 in the US or abroad) for Fall 2019. Students who are majoring in astronomy,

physics, computer science, engineering, geophysics, space sciences, geology,

planetary sciences, mathematics or related disciplines are invited to apply.

Grades are important but so are the student’s enthusiasm, initiative, and future

goals.
 
Applicants will indicate a research preference between Radio Astronomy, 

Computer Science, Engineering, Space & Atmospheric Sciences, and Planetary

Sciences. On-site accommodation, meals, and a stipend will be provided.

Participants will also have the opportunity to explore the beautiful island of

Puerto Rico and its culture in organized weekend trips. The current summer

program will run for 10 weeks between May 28th and August 2nd.
 
How to Apply:
 
Applications for the REU program should be completed online at

www.naic.edu/ao/REUT by February 1st, 2019, and must include a résumé,

personal essay, academic transcripts, and three letters of recommendation

(supporting documents deadline is February 8th, 2019). If you have trouble

uploading your documents, please contact us at [email protected].

Your personal essay should include your educational background and goals,

and your scientific interests and experience, as well as any information

relevant to the evaluation of your potential for success in research at the

Arecibo Observatory.
 

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EPSC-DPS 2019 JOINT MEETING: FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SESSIONS 

 

The EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019 will take place at the Centre

International de Conférences de Genève (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland,

from 15–20 September 2019. 

 

The success of this joint meeting is founded on the excellence of its sessions

and conveners. So we encourage you to make session proposals on the conference

website by 5 February 2019: 

 

https://www.epsc-dps2019.eu 

 

The meeting will cover the whole scope of planetary science and you can propose

sessions for the following programme groups: 

TP – Terrestrial Planets

OPS – Outer Planet Systems

MIT – Missions, Instrumentation, Techniques

SB – Small Bodies (comets, KBOs, rings, asteroids, meteorites, dust)

EXO – Exoplanets and Origins

ODA – Outreach, Diversity, Amateur Astronomy 

 

We look forward to many good proposals for exciting sessions. 

 

Please contact us at [email protected] in case of any questions. 

 

Best regards, 

Maria Cristina De Sanctis & Joe Spitale

Scientific organizing committee chairs 

 

Jean-Pierre Lebreton

Executive EPSC committee chair 

 

Linda Spilker

DPS Chair

 

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SOLICITING ABSTRACTS FOR THE JAPAN GEOSCIENCE UNION (JPGU) MEETING

 

At the Japanese Geoscience Union meeting near Tokyo, Japan, we will

convene an international session titled: “Outer Solar System

Exploration Today and Tomorrow”

 

http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2019/SessionList_en/detail/P-PS01.html

 

We invite abstracts that address a wide range of topics encompassing

the giant planets and their moons, including their origins, interiors,

atmospheres, compositions, surface features, and electromagnetic

fields. To advocate for current and future outer planets exploration

(Cassini, Juno, New Horizons, JUICE, and beyond), we also call for

discussions on future missions to explore giant planet systems,    

including how to develop better international cooperation. Discussion

in this latter category will include progress in developing a solar

sail mission concept for observing the Jupiter system and its trojan

asteroids.

 

JpGU will be held on May 26 – 30, 2019 in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan

 

http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2019/index.php

 

Early Abstract deadline (discounted rate): February 4th, 2019

Regular Abstract Deadline: February 19th, 2019

Early Registration Deadline: May 8, 2018
(Note: Dates are in Japan Standard Time.

 

Current AGU Members can register at the JpGU member rate.

 

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THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT: THE MAIN BELT: A GATEWAY TO THE FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM WORKSHOP

 

Sardinia, Italy | June 4-7, 2019

The Main Asteroid Belt is at the boundary of the inner and outer Solar 

System. It marks a transition region from the rocky volatile-poor inner

terrestrial planets to the outer gaseous and icy giant planets. Asteroids
also give us access to the relatively unprocessed building blocks of planet 

formation, with many retaining a record of processes that took place

during the formation and early evolution of the Solar System. This workshop

brings together experts to establish the current understanding of Main

Belt asteroid science, as well as to debate future directions for investigation.

The workshop stimulates discussions about accretion, chemistry, collisions,

dynamics, geophysics, and meteorites. The workshop is limited to

approximately 100 attendees.

Main topics:
1. Planetesimal Formation
2. Collisional Evolution
3. Depletion & Implantation
4. Composition & Chemistry
5. Meteorites & Samples
6. Space Missions

When: June 4-7, 2019 (including a half-day field trip to the 64-m dish Sardinia Radio Telescope).
Where: Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy | https://www.pullman-timiama-sardegna.com/en/
Website: http://www.iaps.inaf.it/sz/mainbelt2019/
Deadlines: February 28, 2019 (abstract submission); March 31, 2019 (early registration)

SOC Chairs: Maria Cristina De Sanctis, INAF, Italy / Simone Marchi, SwRI, USA

SOC Members:
Eleonora Ammannito, ASI, Italy
William F. Bottke, SwRI, USA
Fabrizio Capaccioni, INAF, Italy
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, ASU, USA
Roger Fu, Harvard University, USA
Thorsten Kleine, University of Münster, Germany
Javier Licandro, IAC, Spain
Alessandro Morbidelli, OCA, France
Carol A. Raymond, JPL/Caltech, USA
Fumi Yoshida, PERC/Chitech, Japan

 

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NEW HORIZONS IN PLANETARY SYSTEMS

 

NOTE: February 1st is the deadline for abstract submission and applications

for travel and childcare support 

 

New Horizons in Planetary Systems

Understanding  planetary  systems  from  protoplanetary  disks  through  to 

the  solar  system,  exoplanets  and  debris  disks 13-17 May 2019 Victoria,

British Columbia, Canada 

 

Financial Assistance

Travel support as well as childcare support will be available for those who

need financial assistance to attend.

For more information, see the meeting website:

http://go.nrao.edu/NewHorizons  

 

Web: http://go.nrao.edu/NewHorizons

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicplanetsys

Twitter: #VicPlanetSys 

 

The meeting is jointly organized by NRC Herzberg and NRAO  – as part of

their roles within the North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) and

will have a broad scope, including planetary systems in formation within

protoplanetary disks, minor objects in the solar system, debris disks and

exoplanets. Experts will be asked to provide insights from all these fields to

enhance our understanding of how planets form and evolve.  

 

Although it is organized by the NAASC, the meeting is not ALMA-centric,

with a strong focus on the impact of the New Horizons mission flyby of a

Kuiper Belt Object in January 2019, as well as experts from the Transiting

Exoplanet Survey Satellite and other facilities, who will be asked to provide

a multi-chromatic picture of the current understanding in their fields. Invited

speakers have been asked to provide broadly accessible talks.  

 

 

The meeting will be held at the Victoria Conference Centre in the heart of

picturesque Victoria, British Columbia, on Canada’s Pacific coast. Local

attractions include whale watching, wine tours, the world-famous Butchart

Gardens, and the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.  Excellent beaches,

diving, camping and hiking are all within a day’s drive from Victoria.    

 

Invited speakers 

• Diana Dragomir (MIT Kavli Institute): TESS early results

• Brett Gladman (UBC): theory of planet formation

• Grant Kennedy (Warwick): debris disk constraints on planet formation

• Heather Knutson (Caltech): exoplanet atmospheric composition

• Emmanuel Lellouch (Obs de Paris): solar system objects, constraints on formation

• Karin Öberg (Harvard): protoplanetary disk composition and chemistry

• John Spencer (SWRI): New Horizons KBO flyby: first results

• Geronimo Villaneuva (NASA Goddard): cometary chemistry and early planet formation

• Zhaohuan Zhu (UNLV): Protoplanetary disk composition/chemistry 

 

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CASSINI SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM MAY 20-24: WEBSITE OPEN, ABSTRACTS DUE MARCH 1, 2019

 

The Cassini Project will host a five-day Cassini Science Symposium

May 20 -24, 2019 to review the latest findings on the Saturn system and

Jupiter-Saturn synergies, including the interpretation and synthesis of results. 

The meeting will be hosted by the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in

Laurel, Maryland.

 

Abstracts will be due March 1, 2019.   Early registration ends April 15. 

Symposium information can be found at:

 

http://civspace.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Events/events/cassini/

 

Sessions will include review talks as well as invited and contributed talks on 

the latest Cassini findings on the Saturn system.  Sessions will include 

interdisciplinary talks that will cover the following disciplines:  Rings, Titan,

Icy Satellites, Magnetospheres and Planets. Talks emphasizing Saturn-Jupiter

synergies are encouraged.  Discipline-focused workshops will also be held

during the late afternoons.  This Symposium will serve as a springboard for

future studies and space missions. Future mission posters are welcome.

 

We hope to see you there.

 

Linda J. Spilker

Chair, Symposium Organizing Committee

 

Organizing Committee:

Bonnie Buratti

Josh Colwell

Jeff Cuzzi 

Scott Edgington

Tamas Gombosi

Amanda Hendrix

Norbert Krupp

Andy Ingersoll

Jonathan Lunine

Don Mitchell (LOC)

Mark Perry (LOC)

Abi Rymer (LOC)

Darrell Strobel

 

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: “PLUTO SYSTEM AFTER NEW HORIZONS” CONFERENCE

 

The “Pluto System After New Horizons” (PSANH) conference will provide

an opportunity to summarize our understanding of the Pluto system and the

Kuiper belt following the New Horizons encounters with Pluto and 2014 MU69

(Ultima Thule). Contributions spanning all relevant research on the Kuiper

belt, including both observations and theory, are being solicited.

 

The conference will take place July 14-18, 2019 at the Johns Hopkins

Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, USA. Abstracts can now

be submitted at the PSANH website:

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/plutosystem2019/

 

The abstract deadline is May 2, 2019 at 5:00 pm Central Daylight Savings

Time (GMT-5). Registration details will be announced at this website on

March 15, 2019.

 

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PLANETARY DYNAMICS CONFERENCE

 

Heidelberg, Germany, 3-7 June 2019

(part of the summer conference series at the MPIA)

 

Dear colleague, 

 

We are organizing an international conference on “Planetary Dynamics”

to be held in the Haus der Astronomie at the Max Planck Institute for

Astronomy (MPIA), Heidelberg, Germany, 3-7 June 2019.  More

information can be found below and at our conference website:
http://www.mpia.de/homes/dynamics2019 

 

Please follow the website for updates or register for our mailing list at:
http://www.mpia.de/homes/dynamics2019/apply.php 

 

We would appreciate if you could spread the information in your institute

and to all those who might be interested. We apologize if you receive this

announcement more than once. 

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Meeting Overview and Goals

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The meeting aims to bring together experts and students working in the

field of extrasolar planets and planetary dynamics. We hope to discuss a

variety of dynamical problems such as: 

* Resonant and near-resonant pairs and chains

* Secular dynamics

* Chaos

* Three-dimensional structure and Lidov-Kozai mechanisms

* Formation and stability of S- and P- type planets in binaries

* Post-main-sequence evolution of multiple planet systems

* Solar system dynamics 

 

The venue will be at the Haus der Astronomie (http://www.haus-der-astronomie.de/en)

at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), Heidelberg, Germany. 

Conference website: http://www.mpia.de/homes/dynamics2019 

Please follow the website for updates or register for our mailing list at:
http://www.mpia.de/homes/dynamics2019/apply.php 

Registration Fee: 200 Euro (which includes conference dinner and daily

transportation) 

Important Dates: 

April 15, 2019: Deadline for applying for contributed talk or poster

Early May 2019: Program with talk contributions should be released  

May 25, 2019: Deadline for general participation

June 3-7, 2019: Conference 

 

Scientific Organizing Committee:     

Debra Fischer (Yale University)    

Thomas Henning (MPIA, Heidelberg)    

Hubert Klahr (MPIA, Heidelberg)    

Gregory Laughlin (Yale University)    

Man Hoi Lee (The University of Hong Kong)    

Rosemary Mardling (Monash University)    

Ruth Murray-Clay (University of California, Santa Cruz)     

Alice Quillen (University of Rochester)   

Trifon Trifonov (MPIA, Heidelberg)    

Yanqin Wu (University of Toronto) 

 

We hope to see you next summer in Heidelberg! 

on behalf of the SOC

 

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THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTIONS

 

Don’t forget to vote in AAS elections. The DPS is the largest AAS division.

The following DPS members are candidates for AAS Officers and At-Large Trustees:

 

President – Chick Woodward

Vice President – Stephen Unwin

Secretary – Alice K.B. Monet

At-Large Trustee – Hannah Jang-Condell

 

Balloting closes at 11:59 pm EST on 31 January 2019

https://aas.org/posts/news/2018/12/vote-2019-aas-election

 

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VENUS EXPLORATION ANALYSIS GROUP (VEXAG) LISTSERVE DEBUT

 

VEXAG debuted a new listserve for the Venus community on January 10, 2019.

The initial listserve distribution was gleaned from VEXAG meeting attendees

and past presenters on Venus science at conferences over the last decade or two.

It is open to all interested in the Second Planet, “the exoplanet next door”. We

expect to send out updates on a monthly basis, or whenever exciting things

happen relating to Venus.

 

You can subscribe (or unsubscribe) from the list at the following link: https://lists.psi.edu/mailman/listinfo/venus

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) SSRN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CLASSIFIER POSITION

     

content/ssrn-earth-planetary-science-classifier-position

 

Earth & Planetary Science Classifier Position

 

We are looking for someone to join the SSRN Team with expertise in scholarly

research in the field of Earth & Planetary Science. This position will be in the

direct flow of the most current scholarly research worldwide and allow you to

work with one of the most progressive companies on the Internet.

 

JOB DESCRIPTION: Review submitted abstracts and classify them into the

appropriate Earth & Planetary Science subject oriented eJournals.

The position is part time, up to 20 hours per week, and may be done from the

home. Work requires a computer and email/internet experience. You must have

clearance to work in the United States. Documentation will be required prior

to employment.

 

COMPENSATION: $15 per hour

 

ABOUT SSRN: SSRN is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of

scholarly research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks.

SSRN is building on a history of excellence in the social sciences and is expanding

into new areas, including Earth & Planetary Science.  SSRN has received several

excellence awards for their website: http://www.ssrn.com

 

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: To apply, please send email with cover letter

and resume attachment to: [email protected]

 

To be considered for this position, a cover letter containing this information is required:

1. Academic Degree

2. Experience in field of study

3. Associated experience in publishing

 

B) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 
COLORADO BOULDER

The University of Colorado Boulder (UC Boulder) is conducting a search 
for a faculty member at the Assistant Professor rank. We are accepting 
applications from candidates in the area of space plasma physics 
including, but not limited to, the Earth’s and planetary 
magnetospheres, solar wind, and ionospheres. For more information, 
please see posting #15519 at: 

http://www.colorado.edu/jobs

 

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Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected]) 

 

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Issue 19-02, January 17, 2019

 

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1. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: HELP END THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: CONTACT YOUR SENATE AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES TODAY
2. EPSC-DPS 2019 JOINT MEETING: FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SESSIONS
3. SBAG JANUARY 2019 MEETING AND REGISTRATION DEADLINE
4. SIGN UP FOR AAS CONGRESSIONAL VISITS DAY 2019
5. NEW HORIZONS IN PLANETARY SYSTEMS
6. OPAG ANNOUNCEMENT: UPDATE ON OPAG MEETING PLANNING
7. ABSCICON 2019: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ON “OBSERVATIONS OF OCEAN WORLDS”
8. BINARY ASTEROIDS 5
9. THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTIONS
10. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: HELP END THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: 

CONTACT YOUR SENATE AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES TODAY

 

The continuing government shutdown is beginning to have significant impacts

on governtment-funded missions, facilities, and research, including DPS

members and their families.  So please contact your representatives in Congress

and encourage them to work with their colleagues to end this shutdown. 

 

Tell your representatives in Congress how the shutdown is impacting you in 

your professional and personal life, and ask them to pass legislation today that

ends the shutdown, provides full-year spending to these agencies, and gets 

federal employees back to work.

 

Contact your Senate and House representatives.  Specific contact information

can be found at  https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials.

 

Also, send a brief message to the White House at  

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.

 

Linda Spilker

DPS Chair

 

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EPSC-DPS 2019 JOINT MEETING: FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SESSIONS 

 

The EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019 will take place at the Centre

International de Conférences de Genève (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland,

from 15–20 September 2019. 

 

The success of this joint meeting is founded on the excellence of its sessions

and conveners. So we encourage you to make session proposals on the conference

website by 5 February 2019: 

 

https://www.epsc-dps2019.eu 

 

The meeting will cover the whole scope of planetary science and you can propose

sessions for the following programme groups: 

TP – Terrestrial Planets

OPS – Outer Planet Systems

MIT – Missions, Instrumentation, Techniques

SB – Small Bodies (comets, KBOs, rings, asteroids, meteorites, dust)

EXO – Exoplanets and Origins

ODA – Outreach, Diversity, Amateur Astronomy 

 

We look forward to many good proposals for exciting sessions. 

 

Please contact us at [email protected] in case of any questions. 

 

Best regards, 

Maria Cristina De Sanctis & Joe Spitale

Scientific organizing committee chairs 

 

Jean-Pierre Lebreton

Executive EPSC committee chair 

 

Linda Spilker

DPS Chair

 

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SBAG JANUARY 2019 MEETING AND REGISTRATION DEADLINE

 

To the Small Bodies community: 

We have decided to proceed with SBAG 20, the meeting of the Small Bodies 

Assessment Group, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, January 29-31.

While we were, like everyone else, hoping that the partial government shutdown

would be resolved long before this, the folks who will be running the meeting

for us work for organizations that have not run out of money yet, and there was

a feeling among the Steering Committee that it is important to have a meeting

of some sort, and that a physical meeting (with a virtual option) was preferable,

particularly if the shutdown resolves in the next week or two.

 

Please visit the meeting website for details about logistics, registration, and a

preliminary agenda :

 

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/

 

The registration deadline is Friday, January 18, 2019.

 

Thanks, and I hope to see many of you, or at least to be able to interact with

you via Adobe Connect. 

Tim Swindle,

SBAG Chair

 

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SIGN UP FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS DAY 2019

 

Every year the AAS brings volunteers to Washington, DC, for Congressional

Visits Day (CVD) to advocate for federal support of their science with their

members of Congress. This year the AAS CVD will be held Monday-Wednesday,

11-13 March 2019. Would you like to advocate for the research efforts, education

programs, and facilities in the planetary sciences that enable STEM engagement

and innovation across disciplines and sectors? Then read on, and sign up today!

The AAS aims to select at least 15 volunteers who balance the program by

division membership, location, career stage, and experience. Find more details

and the CVD 2019 Sign-Up Form at:

 

https://aas.org/posts/blog/2019/01/call-volunteers-congressional-visits-day-2019

 

Sign-ups are open now through 26 January 2019. Selected volunteers will be

notified in mid-February 2019. Note that: You must be an AAS member; You

must be eligible to vote in the United States; Business attire is required; The

AAS will cover the majority of travel expenses for volunteers selected to

participate, as our budget allows; and Submitting the form does not guarantee

you a slot in this year’s CVD.  Also look ahead for AAS participation in the

Science-Engineering-Technology (SET) Working Group CVD sometime in

May-June 2019 (exact dates TBD).  

 

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NEW HORIZONS IN PLANETARY SYSTEMS

 

NOTE: February 1st is the deadline for abstract submission and applications

for travel and childcare support 

 

New Horizons in Planetary Systems

Understanding  planetary  systems  from  protoplanetary  disks  through  to 

the  solar  system,  exoplanets  and  debris  disks 13-17 May 2019 Victoria,

British Columbia, Canada 

 

Financial Assistance

Travel support as well as childcare support will be available for those who

need financial assistance to attend.

For more information, see the meeting website:

http://go.nrao.edu/NewHorizons  

 

Web: http://go.nrao.edu/NewHorizons

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicplanetsys

Twitter: #VicPlanetSys 

 

The meeting is jointly organized by NRC Herzberg and NRAO  – as part of

their roles within the North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) and

will have a broad scope, including planetary systems in formation within

protoplanetary disks, minor objects in the solar system, debris disks and

exoplanets. Experts will be asked to provide insights from all these fields to

enhance our understanding of how planets form and evolve.  

 

Although it is organized by the NAASC, the meeting is not ALMA-centric,

with a strong focus on the impact of the New Horizons mission flyby of a

Kuiper Belt Object in January 2019, as well as experts from the Transiting

Exoplanet Survey Satellite and other facilities, who will be asked to provide

a multi-chromatic picture of the current understanding in their fields. Invited

speakers have been asked to provide broadly accessible talks.  

 

 

The meeting will be held at the Victoria Conference Centre in the heart of

picturesque Victoria, British Columbia, on Canada’s Pacific coast. Local

attractions include whale watching, wine tours, the world-famous Butchart

Gardens, and the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.  Excellent beaches,

diving, camping and hiking are all within a day’s drive from Victoria.    

 

Invited speakers 

• Diana Dragomir (MIT Kavli Institute): TESS early results

• Brett Gladman (UBC): theory of planet formation

• Grant Kennedy (Warwick): debris disk constraints on planet formation

• Heather Knutson (Caltech): exoplanet atmospheric composition

• Emmanuel Lellouch (Obs de Paris): solar system objects, constraints on formation

• Karin Öberg (Harvard): protoplanetary disk composition and chemistry

• John Spencer (SWRI): New Horizons KBO flyby: first results

• Geronimo Villaneuva (NASA Goddard): cometary chemistry and early planet formation

• Zhaohuan Zhu (UNLV): Protoplanetary disk composition/chemistry 

 

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OPAG ANNOUNCEMENT: UPDATE ON OPAG MEETING PLANNING

 

Due to the ongoing US Government Shutdown, the OPAG Steering Committee

has decided to postpone the next OPAG meeting, which was originally

planned for February 5-6 at NASA Headquarters.

 

We are currently tentatively planning to have the meeting on April 23-24 in Washington

DC area.

 

Please stay tuned to various planetary science newsletters and the OPAG

website for future updates.

 

see: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/

 

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ABSCICON 2019: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ON “OBSERVATIONS OF OCEAN WORLDS”

 

Abstract submissions are welcomed for Session 66117:

“Observations of Ocean Worlds from Spacecraft, Ground and Space Observatories”

 

Session Description:

NASA’s space missions to the giant planets – the Pioneers, Voyagers,

Galileo and Cassini – have dramatically revised our understanding of the

outer solar system, especially with regard to the icy moons and Titan.

Multiple lines of evidence – gravitational, observational and direct sensing

of magnetic fields and particle environments – now point to previously

unanticipated interior oceans in multiple bodies including Enceladus, Titan

and the three outermost Galilean satellites of Jupiter. Moreover, the Dawn

mission at Ceres and New Horizons flyby of the Pluto-Charon system have

hinted at further liquid interiors in these dwarf planets. In addition, these

bodies have attracted significant attention from ground and space-based

observatories: including Hubble, Keck, ALMA and others; with the objective

of reinforcing mission measurements and making new findings. In the future,

the promise of new deep space facilities such as JWST and WFIRST, and

thirty-meter class ground-based telescopes for further discovery is enticing.

This session solicits research contributions focusing on observations of ocean

worlds from across the spectrum, from space missions and observatories to

terrestrial telescopes. In addition, we welcome experimental and theoretical

work of all types that aim to support, model or interpret observational data,

with the goal of promoting synergistic science and exchange of results.

 

AbSciCon 2019 will be held in Bellevue, Washington from June 24-28th.

The recently extended abstract deadline is Wednesday March 6th 11:59 PM ET at:  

https://connect.agu.org/abscicon/program/abstract-submission-guidelines

 

Conveners: Conor Nixon, Stefanie Milam, Carly Howett,

Lucas Paganini, Anne Verbiscer.

 

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BINARY ASTEROIDS 5

 

The first Binary Asteroids in the Solar System Workshop was held in Steamboat 
Springs, CO, in 2007. The workshop has been held every three years since in 
Poland, Hawai’i, and the Czech Republic. 

It is time for the 5th workshop, which will return to Colorado, this time in 
Fort Collins, near the Colorado State University campus, on 2019 September 3-5. 
Details are available at 

    http://binaryast5.org/ 

The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 60. Registration and 
abstract submission are now open. 

The workshops are characterized by a relaxed atmosphere and free format, with 
almost as much time for discussion as for the presentations themselves. 

The goal of the workshop is to bring together various ideas on the detection, 
characterization, formation, and implications of binary and multiple objects 
among the NEO, main-belt, Trojan, Centaur, TNO populations. We hope to include 
all of the many modes of observation, in all of the dynamical populations, as 
well as theory and numerical modeling of formation and evolution of these 
systems. We especially welcome the new topics of rings of small bodies, and 
heliocentric orbital pairs of asteroids and their implications. 

There should be some funds available for students to waive either the 
registration fee or for travel support. Students hoping for a grant 
should register soon. No payment will be required at the time. However, 
registering will reserve a seat in the meeting room pending review of 
the request. Proof of student status may be required. 

We’re looking for professionals to volunteer to serve on the SOC. If willing, 
 

please send an email to Brian D. Warner 

 

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THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTIONS

 

Don’t forget to vote in AAS elections. The DPS is the largest AAS division.

The following DPS members are candidates for AAS Officers and At-Large Trustees:

 

President – Chick Woodward

Vice President – Stephen Unwin

Secretary – Alice K.B. Monet

At-Large Trustee – Hannah Jang-Condell

 

Balloting closes at 11:59 pm EST on 31 January 2019

https://aas.org/posts/news/2018/12/vote-2019-aas-election

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) POST-DOC POSITION ON EXOPLANETS AT MEUDON OBSERVATORY

 

The Laboratoire d’Etudes Spatiales et d’Instrumentation en Astrophysique

(LESIA, France) invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in

exoplanet atmospheric and spectroscopic studies. The candidates will join

the team funded by the ANR “e-PYTHEAS” (http://e-pytheas.cnrs.fr/) led

by Dr. Athena Coustenis at LESIA. The initial appointment will be for 18

months, with a possible 6-month extension. 

The successful candidate will work closely with Dr. Benjamin Charnay and

Dr. Bruno Bézard and also interact with members of the e-PYTHEAS team,

including A. Coustenis, P. Drossart, T. Encrenaz (LESIA), P. Lavvas (GSMA,

France) and G. Tinetti (UCL, UK), as well as with spectroscopists in the

team providing important data for these studies. He/she will also be involved

in the preparation of the newly selected ESA ARIEL mission

(https://ariel-spacemission.eu).

 

The e-PYTHEAS team obtained new ab initio molecular line lists in the

1-17 μm wavelength region for hydrocarbons and their isotopologues such

as 12CH4, 13CH4, CH3D, C2H2, C2H4 and C2H6 up to 2500 K

(http://theorets.univ-reims.fr/molecules). The main goal of the postdoc

project is to analyze the effects of these new line lists on transit and

emission spectra of warm/hot exoplanets and to estimate the detectability

of these molecules by current (HST, VLT, …) and future telescopes

(JWST, ARIEL, ELT). Transit and emission spectra will be produced

at low and high spectral resolution using a 1-D radiative-convective

model developed at LESIA (Exo-REM). The candidate will incorporate

the new molecular opacities in the atmospheric model and adapt Exo-REM

to irradiated planets and transit spectroscopy. He/she will afterwards apply

it to brown dwarfs and young giant exoplanets observed by direct imaging

(e.g. VLT/SPHERE) and to warm/hot transiting exoplanets observed by

e.g. Spitzer or HST.

 

The successful candidate will be hosted by LESIA in Meudon, France.

The net salary will be around 2400€/month + reimbursement of transport

fees. Benefits include complete health insurance coverage and social security,

as required by French law. The position is for 18 months.

 

A PhD in physics, astronomy or a related discipline is required at the time

when the position starts. Expertise in radiative transfer and molecular

spectroscopy modelling is required.

 

Applications must be received electronically at:

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR8109-SYLDES-003/Default.aspx

by February 28th, 2019 for full consideration.

 

The successful applicant is expected to start between April and October 2019.

 

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Issue 19-01, January 12, 2019

 

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1. REMINDER: RENEW YOUR AAS/DPS MEMBERSHIP FOR 2019
2. THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTION
3. DISCOVERY DRAFT AO COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED: MESSAGE FROM THE AA
4. ASTRO2020 DECADAL SURVEY CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
5. SIGN UP FOR AAS CONGRESSIONAL VISITS DAY 2019
6. CALL FOR ABSTRACT: ABSCICON JUNE 24-28 2019 IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON, USA
7. JGR PLANETS: SCIENCE ENABLED BY THE LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER CORNERSTONE MISSION
8. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DELAY FOR CASSINI SPECIAL ISSUE

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REMINDER: RENEW YOUR AAS/DPS MEMBERSHIP FOR 2019

 

If you haven’t renewed your AAS/DPS membership for 2019 by the end of February,

your AAS/DPS membership will be suspended and your member benefits cut off.

Renewals after that date will incur a $10 late fee and you will no longer receive

the DPS Newsletter until you renew.

 

Each year, the DPS loses about 300 members at this time.  Avoid the hassle

of renewing before the annual meeting and do so before March. 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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THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTIONS

 

Don’t forget to vote in AAS elections. The DPS is the largest AAS division.

The following DPS members are candidates for AAS Officers and At-Large Trustees:

 

President – Chick Woodward

Vice President – Stephen Unwin

Secretary – Alice K.B. Monet

At-Large Trustee – Hannah Jang-Condell

 

Balloting closes at 11:59 pm EST on 31 January 2019

https://aas.org/posts/news/2018/12/vote-2019-aas-election

 

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DISCOVERY DRAFT AO COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED: MESSAGE FROM THE AA

 

NASA Associate Administrator Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen has released the

following tweet about the upcoming Draft Discovery AO comment period:

 

#NASAScience released a draft “Announcement of Opportunity” (AO) in

December to solicit mission proposals for our Planetary Science Division’s

Discovery Program. At this time, the comment period will be extended.

More information will be shared once available.

 

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ASTRO2020 DECADAL SURVEY CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

 

The 2020 Decadal Survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro2020) is seeking

nominations for the survey committee and panels. Consideration of nominations

will begin January 22, 2019.

 

In winter 2019, the National Academy of Sciences will appoint a steering committee

as well as scientific and programmatic study panels to carry out the seventh decadal

survey in astronomy and astrophysics. The study will survey the current state of the

field, and identify research priorities and make prioritized recommendations for

programs to be carried out in the 2020 – 2030 timeframe. The survey’s prioritization

of research activities will include consideration of scientific opportunities, as well as

an independent assessment of cost, budget and technical readiness. The principal

sponsors of the survey are NASA, NSF and the DOE.

 

Previous astronomy and astrophysics decadal surveys have been conducted with

a steering committee, as well as panels that provide scientific and programmatic

evaluations, prioritizations, as well as input on the state of the profession. Although

the structure of the panels has not yet been determined, we anticipate a similar need

for this survey, and we seek nominees with a broad range of relevant scientific,

technical and management expertise. Service is open to scientists, engineers and

other experts, including those working for a government agency if (1) they have

relevant expertise, and (2) their service will not appear to compromise the

independence and objectivity of the study. The NAS strives to appoint diverse

committees and we welcome suggestions that might advance this objective.

In order to identify individuals with the necessary expertise, we are seeking

nominations (including self-nominations) for the steering committee as well

as the panels. To nominate yourself, or a colleague, please fill out the nomination

form using the link below:

 

https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4703010/ASTRO-2020-Decadal-Survey-CALL-FOR-NOMS

 

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SIGN UP FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS DAY 2019

 

Every year the AAS brings volunteers to Washington, DC, for Congressional

Visits Day (CVD) to advocate for federal support of their science with their

members of Congress. This year the AAS CVD will be held Monday-Wednesday,

11-13 March 2019. Would you like to advocate for the research efforts, education

programs, and facilities in the planetary sciences that enable STEM engagement

and innovation across disciplines and sectors? Then read on, and sign up today!

The AAS aims to select at least 15 volunteers who balance the program by

division membership, location, career stage, and experience. Find more details

and the CVD 2019 Sign-Up Form at:

 

https://aas.org/posts/blog/2019/01/call-volunteers-congressional-visits-day-2019

 

Sign-ups are open now through 26 January 2019. Selected volunteers will be

notified in mid-February 2019. Note that: You must be an AAS member; You

must be eligible to vote in the United States; Business attire is required; The

AAS will cover the majority of travel expenses for volunteers selected to

participate, as our budget allows; and Submitting the form does not guarantee

you a slot in this year’s CVD.  Also look ahead for AAS participation in the

Science-Engineering-Technology (SET) Working Group CVD sometime in

May-June 2019 (exact dates TBD).  

 

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CALL FOR ABSTRACT: ABSCICON JUNE 24-28 2019 IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON, USA

 

Session Title: “Computing the rise of life: On and beyond Earth”

 

Session ID: 65503

 

Among the recommendations in the recent National Academy of Sciences

(NAS) report on the science strategy for astrobiology is to incorporate more

sophisticated methods for the study of biosignatures (novel and/or agnostic).

A comprehensive chemical perspective into such a study requires investigation

of a wider variety of reactions and processes that can feasibly and safely be

performed in the laboratory. This is also the case for origins of life chemistry in

which the diversity of proposed environments and processes relevant to prebiotic

chemistry span a tremendous parameter space. In these situations, high-fidelity

chemical simulations are essential, especially for defining biosignatures or origins

of life research that can withstand the scrutiny their conclusions may bring.

 

With the increasing power of supercomputers and with the introduction of

advanced chemical theories, simulations at all levels are currently being developed

at a rapid pace. The role of simulations is two-fold: they provide detailed mechanistic

explanations of observations, and they predict phenomena that are difficult, if

not impossible, to observe in the laboratory.

 

This session seeks papers that offer existing/novel theoretical models or computational

works that address the chemical and environmental conditions relevant to astrobiology.

This includes computational work related to prebiotic chemistry, the chemistry of

early life, the biogeochemistry of life’s interaction with its environment, chemistry

associated with biosignatures and their false positives, and chemistry pertinent to

conditions that could possibly harbor life (e.g. Titan, Enceladus, Europa,

TRAPPIST-1, habitable exoplanets, etc.).

 

Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/abscicon19/prelim.cgi/Session/65503

 

Conveners: Shiblee Barua, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Der-you Kao, Conor Nixon,

Paul Romani (all from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD)

 

Submission Guidelines:

https://connect.agu.org/abscicon/program/abstract-submission-guidelines

 

Abstract DEADLINE:   Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 11:59 P.M. ET

 

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JGR PLANETS: SCIENCE ENABLED BY THE LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER CORNERSTONE MISSION

 

A special collection of the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets titled

“Science Enabled by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Cornerstone Mission”

is now open for submissions. The deadline for submission is 15 March 2019.

 

Please help us celebrate the upcoming LRO 10th anniversary by submitting to

this special collection!

 

This issue will include new studies enabled or enhanced by data from the

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) third extended science mission, the

Cornerstone Mission. The Moon is a witness plate to the history of the Earth-Moon

system and the cornerstone for understanding processes affecting airless

bodies in the Solar System. During the Cornerstone Mission, LRO scientists

have focused on measuring and examining fundamental processes present on

the Moon that operate throughout the Solar System, including processes that

are active today and those that began billions of years ago. Papers for the

special issue are encouraged from the LRO science team and members of the

community who use LRO data to study lunar and other airless body processes.

 

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/jgr/journal/21699100/features/call-for-papers

 

Manuscripts should be submitted through the GEMS website. For additional

information please contact any of the organizers.

 

Thank you,

-Benjamin Greenhagen, Rachel Klima, Cesare Grava, and Brett Denevi

 

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GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DELAY FOR CASSINI SPECIAL ISSUE

 

Dear colleagues and attendees of the Cassini Science Symposium in Boulder,

August 2018:

 

Because of the government shutdown, the deadline for submissions to the

special Icarus issue on Cassini Mission Science Results (now 15 January 2019)

will be extended until after the shutdown ends. Icarus will continue to accept

submissions… and reviewers are encouraged to complete their reviews in the

meantime. Both authors and reviewers may need to work a little faster to meet

the planned schedule for publication this fiscal year.

 

Sincerely, the Editors

 

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Issue 18-52, December 28, 2018

 

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1.  NEW HORIZONS ULTIMA THULE FLYBY ON 31 DECEMBER/1 JANUARY—GETTING THE WORD OUT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN THE FIRST EXPLORATION OF A KBO
2. AAS SPLINTER: BIOSIGNATURES IN THE 2030S AND BEYOND
3. PDS SMALL BODIES NODE MINOR PLANET CENTER USER GROUP (MUG)
4. GEMINI OBSERVATORY: NEW LARGE AND LONG PROGRAMS
5. NEXT OPAG MEETING
6. ABSCICON 2019 SESSION: HAVE COMET, WILL TRAVEL! 
7. ABSCICON 2019: EXPLORING THE PLANETARY SYSTEM OF ALPHA CENTAURI
8. NATIONAL ACADEMIES REPORT: STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN INSTRUMENTATION AND FACILITIES FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL SAMPLE CURATION AND ANALYSIS
9. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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NEW HORIZONS ULTIMA THULE FLYBY ON 31 DECEMBER/1 JANUARY—GETTING THE WORD OUT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN THE FIRST EXPLORATION OF A KBO 

 

On Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, NASA’s New Horizons mission will make the first

close reconnaissance of a KBO, 2014 MU69—aka, Ultima Thule. This

challenging and scientifically exciting flyby will make the farthest

exploration of worlds in history, a billion miles beyond Pluto. 

 

Extensive flyby social media and TV coverage begins on Dec. 28. The mission

website at http://pluto.jhuapl.edu has links to Twitter (hashtags #UltimaThule

and #UltimaFlyby), other social media channels, and live streams carrying the

event; more here: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/Where-to-Watch.php

 

If the government shutdown has ended, this coverage will include NASA social

accounts and NASA TV; but even if not, numerous traditional and social media,

as well as TV channels will be covering the flyby and its ensuring early results.

 

Public engagement is a key factor in support for the NASA planetary program.

The New Horizons mission team asks community members to help spread the

word about this exciting exploration using social media channels, mailing lists,

and other means over the next few days as we approach and then flyby Ultima. 

 

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AAS SPLINTER:  BIOSIGNATURES IN THE 2030S AND BEYOND

 

The Origins Space Telescope is sponsoring a splinter session at the Winter

AAS meeting in Seattle on Wednesday, January 9, 2-4:30 PM, “Biosignatures

in the 2030s and Beyond,” room 401.  The session is organized by Jonathan

Fortney (UC Santa Cruz), Tyler Robinson (Northern Arizona University), and

Shawn Domagal-Goldman (NASA Goddard).  The main goal is to discuss the

prospects and context for detecting biosignatures from space-based and ground-

based telescopes in the coming decades.  The session is composed of 7 invited

talks, each 15 minutes, along with a half-hour for open discussion.  Free coffee

and sugary snacks provided!

 

Schedule of Speakers:

Introduction and Overview, Shawn Domagal-Goldman
Earth as a Roadmap to Understanding Exoplanet Biosignatures, Linda Sohl

Ground-Based Observations with ELTs, Mercedes Lopez-Morales

Origins Space Telescope, Tiffany Kataria

HabEx, Ty Robinson

LUVOIR, Vikki Meadows

Atmospheric Retrievals from Terrestrial Planet Spectra, Mike Line

A Bayesian Framework for Biosignature Assessment, David Catling

 

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GEMINI OBSERVATORY : NEW LARGE AND LONG PROGRAMS

 

Gemini Observatory announces the opportunity for new Large and Long

Programs, with observations beginning in the 2019B semester. Letters of

Intent to propose a new Large and Long Program are due February 4, 2019.

Completed Proposals are due April 1, 2019. See the current Call for Proposals

for further information:

 

http://www.gemini.edu/sciops/observing-gemini/proposal-routes-and-observing-modes/large-and-long-programs/2019-llp-call

 

Large and long programs (hereafter “large programs” or LLPs) are Principal

Investigator-defined and -driven programs that, as a guideline, either require

significantly more time than a partner typically approves for a single program

or extend over two to six semesters, or both. Large programs are expected to

promote collaborations across the partnership’s communities, to have significant

scientific impact, and normally to provide a homogeneous data set, potentially
for more general use. Proposals for Large and Long programs are accepted annually.

 

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NEXT OPAG MEETING

 

The next OPAG meeting is scheduled for February 5–6, 2019, in Washington, DC.

Additional details will be provided on the website as they become available.

 

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ABSCICON 2019 SESSION: HAVE COMET, WILL TRAVEL! 

 

We are pleased to announce that AbSciCon 2019 (June 24-28, 2019, Bellevue, WA)

will feature a session focused on the role small bodies play in promoting habitability. 

Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/abscicon19/prelim.cgi/Session/66054 

 

Topic Area: Star-planet-planetary system interactions and habitability

Session Title: Have Comet, Will Travel: How small bodies promote habitable
conditions across the solar system?

Session ID: 66054

Abstract submission deadline: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 23:59 EST. 

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Small bodies in the solar system (and other planetary systems) may play a

significant role in the promotion, proliferation, dissemination and the cessation

of life and its related building blocks. The potential of such populations (i.e.,

comets and asteroids) has been demonstrated to: 

1) Serve as reservoirs or catalytic surfaces that promote the production

of more complex prebiotically relevant chemistries.

2) Dynamically distribute prebiotic material across different regions of the

proto-planetary disk.

3) Alter the volatile and isotopic inventories of planetary atmospheres and surfaces.

4) Enable local variations of habitable niches on planetary surfaces (e.g., Earth, Mars, Icy Moons). 

 

This session will combine recent insights from experimental, observational

and theoretical studies of ice and organic-rich environments of comets and

carbonaceous asteroids. We invite contributions aimed at revealing how the

physics and chemistry of small bodies help catalyze and distribute life’s

building blocks, across the planetary system, from early to late stages of

planetary formation.  We encourage submissions that discuss two or more

of the mentioned topics. We will enable a “lightning-talk” mini-session, for

presentations of poster contributions, in order to promote wider participation

and livelier off-session discussions. 

 

Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues who might

be interested in this session. 

 

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Sincerely,

Gal Sarid & Chris Bennett

University of Central Florida, FSI & Physics

 

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ABSCICON 2019: EXPLORING THE PLANETARY SYSTEM OF ALPHA CENTAURI  

 

We invite you to submit an abstract to the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference,

which will be held on 24-28 June 2019 in Bellevue, Washington to the session

entitled “Exploring the planetary system of Alpha Centauri: current knowledge,

opportunities, and techniques”. The Alpha Centauri system (AB and Proxima)

presents a unique opportunity to detect and characterize a habitable planet in the

next decade. This is because Alpha Centauri is not merely the closest star system

to the Sun, but an unusually favorable outlier. It is 2.4 times closer than the next

nearest non-M-dwarf star, and the habitable zones around A and B stars are ~3x

larger in angle than around any other Sun-like star. An Earth twin around any of

the three stars in the system would be 25th magnitude, rather than the ~30th

magnitude typically assumed for survey missions. In addition, Proxima Centauri

hosts a potentially habitable planet, an attractive target for habitability characterization.

This session aims to survey the current knowledge about the system as well as

the opportunities, challenges, instruments, and instrument concepts to detect and

characterize the planetary systems of Alpha Centauri, and determine the potential

habitability of exoplanets there. This includes studies of binary planet formation,

dynamical stability of planetary orbits in the system, limits from current non-detections,

as well as expected planet occurrence rates. Techniques and instruments include indirect

planet detection with astrometric and RV measurements; direct imaging in optical bands

as well as thermal infrared, with current ground-based telescopes, upcoming ELTs, as

well as space telescope missions. This session will be an opportunity to bring together

the knowledge gathered on the system, and provide focus to the interdisciplinary research

needed to detect, characterize, and search for life on planets around Alpha Centauri.

 

Conveners: R. Belikov (NASA Ames), E. Bendek (NASA Ames),

F. Marchis (SETI Institute), O. Guyon (U. of Arizona) 

 

The deadline for all submissions is Wednesday, 23 January 2019 23:59 EST.
 https://connect.agu.org/abscicon/program/format-schedule

 

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PDS SMALL BODIES NODE MINOR PLANET CENTER USER GROUP (MUG)

 

The PDS Small Bodies Node has convened a Minor Planet Center User

Group (MUG) to represent the interests of the Minor Planet Center user

community. The MUG welcomes comments about the Minor Planet Center

via this form: https://goo.gl/forms/SgbbZds3GVep12xp2

 

Sincerely,
C.R. Nugent, Olin College

(on behalf of the MUG)

 

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NATIONAL ACADEMIES REPORT : STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN INSTRUMENTATION AND FACILITIES FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL SAMPLE CURATION AND ANALYSIS

 

To the Small Bodies community:

 

Note the following report that came out on Thursday, December 20, 2018,

Strategic Investments in Instrumentation and Facilities for Extraterrestrial

Sample Curation and Analysis:

 

The United States possesses a treasure-trove of extraterrestrial samples that

were returned to Earth via space missions over the past four decades. Analyses

of these previously returned samples have led to major breakthroughs in the

understanding of the age, composition, and origin of the solar system. Having

the instrumentation, facilities and qualified personnel to undertake analyses of

returned samples, especially from missions that take up to a decade or longer

from launch to return, is thus of paramount importance if the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration (NASA) is to capitalize fully on the investment made

in these missions, and to achieve the full scientific impact afforded by these

extraordinary samples. Planetary science may be entering a new golden era of

extraterrestrial sample return; now is the time to assess how prepared the scientific

community is to take advantage of these opportunities.

 

The report is now available for download:

 

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25312/strategic-investments-in-instrumentation-and-facilities-for-extraterrestrial-sample-curation-and-analysis

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) ASSOCIATE OR FULL PROFESSOR IN DATA SCIENCE FOR SCIENCES

      INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE

      ZURICH,  SWITZERLAND

 

content/associate-or-full-professor-data-science-sciences

 

The Faculty of Science at the University of Zurich invites applications for an
Associate or Full Professor in Data Science for Sciences
to join us.

Through her/his research activities in the Institute for Computational Science

on the Irchel Campus, the successful candidate should demonstrate the benefits

of data science and modern data analytics for Sciences, with a preference in

Earth, Space and/or Environmental Sciences.
Her/his expertise in data science could cover for instance: computer science,

machine learning, optimization, signal processing, advanced statistics.
Her/his research applications could be for instance: satellite remote sensing,

atmospheric science, oceanography, hydrology, glaciology, planetary science,
ecology and evolution.
Her/his activities at the Institute for Computational Science should in particular

help demonstrating how open-source scientific software, data digitalization or

new collaborative approaches (e.g. hackathon, data challenges) contribute to a

successful interdisciplinary research.

Candidates for this data science position should be either

• an outstanding domain scientist with a proven track record in developing computational methods and applying modern data analytics in her/his field;
• or an outstanding data scientist with a proven track record in the proposed fields of application and a strong motivation for advancing knowledge in Earth, Space and/or Environmental Sciences.

The University of Zurich provides generous research support, including dedicated

funds for personnel, running expenses and competitive start-up packages, as well

as access to world class supercomputers and storage capacities. As Zurich’s scientific

environment includes a rich spectrum of research activities and provides extensive

opportunities for collaboration with research groups at the University of Zurich and

other leading Swiss research institutions.

The employment conditions for this position follow the legal regulations of the

University of Zurich (see www.prof.uzh.ch/de.html), which include part-time options.

The University of Zurich is an equal opportunities employer and in particular strives

to increase the percentage of women in leading positions (see

https://www.mnf.uzh.ch/en/mnf-gleichstellung.html).

Therefore, qualified female researchers are particularly

encouraged to apply. The city of Zurich combines a stimulating cultural scene

in a modern European city with easy access to a beautiful natural landscape.

 

Academics with the appropriate qualifications are kindly invited to submit their

applications including:

• a curriculum vitae
• lists of publications and research funding,
• detailed outlines of concepts for teaching and research
• vision for data science and its application to natural sciences
• names and contact details of three referees

Please address your application to Prof. Roland Sigel, Dean of the Faculty of

Science. Upload your application files tohttp://www.mnf.uzh.ch/dss by 1 March 2019.

For further information, please contact Prof. Romain Teyssier at [email protected].

Download the PDF job advert (PDF, 53 KB).

 

B)  POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER POSITION AT JPL

 

We seek a postdoctoral researcher to conduct kinetics and

spectroscopic studies on chemical processes relevant to atmospheric

compositions of Mars and Titan. The research focus will be on

gas-phase and gas-surface reactions involving organic molecules to

enhance the scientific return of NASA missions to Mars, Titan and

other planetary bodies.

 

Applicants should have a Ph.D. in chemistry or related discipline with

expertise in one or more of the following: physical organic chemistry,

kinetics, optical and mass spectroscopy, and instrument development.

Documented publication record in internationally circulated,

peer-reviewed journals is essential. Initial appointment is full-time

for one year with possible extensions based upon satisfactory progress

and available funding. Position is available immediately; applications

will be considered until position is filled.

 

The California Institute of Technology is an Equal

Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will

receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,

religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,

disability, age, or protected veteran status.

 

Please email a cover letter stating your research accomplishments and

interests, a curriculum vitae, representative publications, and

contact information for three references to:

 

Dr. Xu Zhang ([email protected]) 

Dr. Stanley Sander ([email protected]) 

Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology

 

C) POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN PLANETARY SCIENCE AT MIT  

 

The MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join Professor de

Kleer’s planetary astronomy group. The de Kleer group utilizes

cutting-edge astronomical facilities at optical, infrared, and radio

wavelengths to study a diverse array of Solar System topics including

planetary and satellite atmospheres, satellite surfaces and

geophysics, and small bodies. Applicants are sought from a broad range

of research areas within astronomy and planetary science that overlap

with or complement ongoing work in the group, including both Solar

System and extrasolar planets. Observational experience is beneficial

but not required. The successful candidate will have opportunities to

mentor graduate and undergraduate students, and will benefit from the

dynamic and interdisciplinary environment within the EAPS department

and across the Institute.

 

The appointment starts on or after July 2019 and is initially for one

year, with renewal for up to two additional years. Consideration of

applications will begin on January 10, 2019, and applications will be

considered until the position is filled. Please see the full posting

for more information and for instructions on submitting applications:

 

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12702

 

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Issue 18-51, December 16, 2018

 

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1. NEW HORIZONS ULTIMA THULE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT: BEAM YOUR GREETING TO ULTIMA THULE ON FLYBY DAY
2. VENUS EXPLORATION DECADAL SURVEY WHITE PAPERS
3. THE FIRST LADY ASTRONAUT TRAINEES: TIME FOR A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
4. ABSCICON 2019: EXPLORING THE PLANETARY SYSTEM OF ALPHA CENTAURI  
5. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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NEW HORIZONS ULTIMA THULE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT:

BEAM YOUR GREETING TO ULTIMA THULE ON FLYBY DAY

 

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is poised to conduct the farthest planetary

flyby ever – an encounter with the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, nicknamed

“Ultima Thule” – on January 1, 2019. The project is involving the public by

letting them send their names and messages to New Horizons as it speeds past

Ultima four billion miles away. The messages will reach the spacecraft on flyby day.

Submissions are being accepted at pluto.jhuapl.edu/Send-Greetings/?fbclid=IwAR03sJ0ZAxL-OrAgmseWn9ZXMKW_22bkr3dU_EdUKZcR0VwP0J7wZ4EA8LY 

through December 21, 2018. 

 

We encourage colleagues in the planetary science community to send messages

themselves and to share this public engagement opportunity with their classes,

colleagues, families, and social media circles. 

 

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VENUS EXPLORATION DECADAL SURVEY WHITE PAPERS

 

The Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) will be conducting a

multi-step campaign through March 2019 to develop a coherent set of

Venus Exploration Decadal Survey White Papers.

 

1) Link to Pre-Decadal White Paper VEXAG encourages all Venus

community members to consider short, to the point Decadal Survey

White Papers. A spreadsheet for these contributions is:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TZGokHreJ3_oP77mTeaj8oVTUY9sO6tvmKqCc537nEc/edit?usp=sharing
 

This link and links to the white papers themselves will be on the VEXAG website.
 

2) Key Document Revisions: The VEXAG Goals, Objectives, and

Investigations (GOI), Venus Roadmap, and Venus Technology Plan

documents are being revised in preparation for the next Decadal Survey.

 

2a) Access to the Key VEXAG Documents (12/21/18): The current working

drafts of each document will be posted on the VEXAG site for community review

and comments
2b) Venus Community Telecon (Monday, 2/4/19): A public open telecon to discuss
these documents will be held from 4-6pm EDT. This telecon will cover current versions
of the documents.
2c) Predecadal Review Session at LPSC (Sunday, 3/17/19): VEXAG will host a special
review session immediately before LPSC from 1-4 pm CDT to solicit additional feedback
on these key documents. Additional information (e.g., call in numbers, schedules) will be
posted to the VEXAG website.
 

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THE FIRST LADY ASTRONAUT TRAINEES: TIME FOR A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL

 

The Congressional Gold Medal, our nation’s highest civilian honor, has

been given over 200 times. Less than 10% of the medals have been received

by women and less than that have been awarded for outstanding contributions

in air and space exploration. The good news is that legislation to award

Gold Medals to the “Hidden Figures” is moving forward and the better

news is that momentum is building to also support a nomination for the

First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs), also known as the “Mercury 13”.

 

Read more at

 

http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-first-lady-astronaut-trainees-time.html

 

Add your name to the petition directly at

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdXGXIrYNZOvxpRwOiMN-OcFX4rfN4nGcWsCBCK_Ge0zmDtg/viewform

 

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ABSCICON 2019: EXPLORING THE PLANETARY SYSTEM OF ALPHA CENTAURI  

 

We invite you to submit an abstract  to  the 2019 Astrobiology Science

Conference, which will be held on 24-28 June 2019 in Bellevue, Washington

to the session entitled “Exploring the planetary system of Alpha Centauri:

current knowledge, opportunities, and techniques”. The Alpha Centauri

system (AB and Proxima) presents a unique opportunity to detect and

characterize a habitable planet in the next decade. This is because Alpha

Centauri is not merely the closest star system to the Sun, but an unusually

favorable outlier. It is 2.4 times closer than the next nearest non-M-dwarf

star, and the habitable zones around A and B stars are ~3x larger in angle

than around any other Sun-like star. An Earth twin around any of the three

stars in the system would be 25th magnitude, rather than the ~30th magnitude

typically assumed for survey missions. In addition, Proxima Centauri hosts a

potentially habitable planet, an attractive target for habitability characterization.

 

This session aims to survey the current knowledge about the system as well as

the opportunities, challenges, instruments, and instrument concepts to detect

and characterize the planetary systems of Alpha Centauri, and determine the

potential habitability of exoplanets there. This includes studies of binary planet

formation, dynamical stability of planetary orbits in the system, limits from

current non-detections, as well as expected planet occurrence rates. Techniques

and instruments include indirect planet detection with astrometric and RV

measurements; direct imaging in optical bands as well as thermal infrared,

with current ground-based telescopes, upcoming ELTs, as well as space telescope

missions. This session will be an opportunity to bring together the knowledge

gathered on the system, and provide focus to the interdisciplinary research needed

to detect, characterize, and search for life on planets around Alpha Centauri. 

 

Conveners: R. Belikov (NASA Ames), F. Marchis (SETI Institute), O. Guyon

(U. of Arizona) 

 

The deadline for all submissions is Wednesday, 23 January 2019 23:59 EST. 
https://connect.agu.org/abscicon/program/format-schedule ____

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) POST-DOC POSITION ON EXOPLANETS AT MEUDON OBSERVATORY

 

The Laboratoire d’Etudes Spatiales et d’Instrumentation en Astrophysique

(LESIA, France) invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in

exoplanet atmospheric and spectroscopic studies. The candidates will join

the team funded by the ANR “e-PYTHEAS” (http://e-pytheas.cnrs.fr/) led

by Dr. Athena Coustenis at LESIA. The initial appointment will be for 18

months, with a possible 6-month extension.
 

The successful candidate will work closely with Dr. Benjamin Charnay and

Dr. Bruno Bézard and also interact with members of the e-PYTHEAS team,

including A. Coustenis, P. Drossart, T. Encrenaz (LESIA), P. Lavvas (GSMA,

France) and G. Tinetti (UCL, UK), as well as with spectroscopists in the

team providing important data for these studies. He/she will also be involved

in the preparation of the newly selected ESA ARIEL mission

(https://ariel-spacemission.eu).

 

The e-PYTHEAS team obtained new ab initio molecular line lists in the

1-17 μm wavelength region for hydrocarbons and their isotopologues such

as 12CH4, 13CH4, CH3D, C2H2, C2H4 and C2H6 up to 2500 K

(http://theorets.univ-reims.fr/molecules). The main goal of the postdoc

project is to analyze the effects of these new line lists on transit and

emission spectra of warm/hot exoplanets and to estimate the detectability

of these molecules by current (HST, VLT, …) and future telescopes

(JWST, ARIEL, ELT). Transit and emission spectra will be produced

at low and high spectral resolution using a 1-D radiative-convective

model developed at LESIA (Exo-REM). The candidate will incorporate

the new molecular opacities in the atmospheric model and adapt Exo-REM

to irradiated planets and transit spectroscopy. He/she will afterwards apply

it to brown dwarfs and young giant exoplanets observed by direct imaging

(e.g. VLT/SPHERE) and to warm/hot transiting exoplanets observed by

e.g. Spitzer or HST.

 

The successful candidate will be hosted by LESIA in Meudon, France.

The net salary will be around 2400€/month + reimbursement of transport

fees. Benefits include complete health insurance coverage and social security,

as required by French law. The position is for 18 months.

 

A PhD in physics, astronomy or a related discipline is required at the time

when the position starts. Expertise in radiative transfer and molecular

spectroscopy modelling is required.

 

Applications must be received electronically at:

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR8109-SYLDES-003/Default.aspx

by February 13th, 2019 for full consideration.

 

The successful applicant is expected to start between April and October 2019.

 

B)  TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION

      DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

      NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY

 

The Department of Astronomy at New Mexico State University invites

applications for a tenure-track faculty member at the level of Assistant

Professor beginning in August 2019.   We are especially interested in

candidates with a demonstrated research record and continuing research

programs related to the targeted area of hire, which is planetary system

science (solar system and/or extrasolar), including planetary atmospheres, 

interiors, surfaces, formation, and environments, and including research

programs that are observational or theoretical in nature.  The NMSU

Astronomy Department is committed to creating an environment that

affirms and supports diversity across a variety of axes, including ethnicity,

race, class, ability, gender identity and expression. We particularly welcome

applicants who can contribute to such an environment through their

scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and professional service. Please see 

the job ad (https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/8e66ce6b) for more details and

direct all inquiries to [email protected].  

 

The application deadline is January 7, 2019.

 

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1. OPAG FINDINGS FALL 2018
2. FORUM FOR NEW LEADERS IN SPACE SCIENCE 2019
3. NASA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP – APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2019
4. SPITZER AT AGU AND AAS
5. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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OPAG FINDINGS FALL 2018

 

The Fall 2018 OPAG findings are now available on the OPAG website:

 

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/archive/

 

The next OPAG meeting is scheduled for February 5–6, 2019, in Washington, DC.

Additional details will be provided on the website as they become available.

 

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FORUM FOR NEW LEADERS IN SPACE SCIENCE 2019

 

The National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and

the Space Studies Board of U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,

and Medicine to invite applications to participate in the 9th and 10th Forums for 

New Leaders in Space Science. The Forums, initiated in 2014, are designed to

provide opportunities for a highly select group of young (<40 years old) space

and Earth scientists to discuss their research activities in an intimate and collegial

environment.  The 9th and 10th Forums will be devoted to Earth observation from

space and planetary science (i.e., studies of the solar system’s planets, satellites,

and minor bodies) and will be held on 15-16 May 2019 (in Beijing, China) and

28-29 October 2019 (in Washington, DC).  Additional details and application

information available at http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/SSB_086017.

Application deadline 31 January 2019.

 

Many thanks,

David H. Smith

Space Studies Board

 

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NASA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP – APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2019

 

The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the

opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific

goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered;

promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections.

 

Selected by a competitive peer-review process, NPP Fellows complete one-

to three-year Fellowship appointments that advance NASA’s missions in earth

science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, space bioscience, aeronautics

and engineering, human exploration and space operations, and astrobiology.

 

Current NPP research opportunities in planetary science can be viewed here:

NPP Planetary Sciences Research Opportunities.

 

Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in hand before beginning

the fellowship, but may apply while completing the degree requirements.

U.S. citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents, and foreign nationals eligible for

J-1 status as a Research Scholar may apply.

 

Stipends start at $60,000 per year, with supplements for high cost-of-living areas

and for certain academic specialties. Financial assistance is available for relocation

and health insurance, and $10,000 per year is provided for professional travel.

 

Applications are accepted three times each year: March 1, July 1, and November 1.

 

For further information and to apply, visit: https://npp.usra.edu/

 

Questions: [email protected]

 

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SPITZER AT AGU AND AAS

 

Spitzer at the AGU 

 

Spitzer will be at the NASA’s Great Observatories exhibit at the American

Geophysical Union meeting next week. Come hear about Spitzer’s capabilities

for doing exoplanet science and science in our solar system.

On Thursday 13 Dec at 12:15 PM, Sean Carey will present “TRAPPIST-1 and

Other Amazing Exoplanet Tales from Spitzer Beyond” at the NASA Hyperwall.  

 

Spitzer at the AAS 

 

Spitzer and IRSA staff will be available to answer questions at the IPAC booth

at the AAS meeting in Seattle, Washington 6-10 January 2019. Come experience

the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system and learn about the Spitzer spacecraft in

its orbit using virtual reality.  There will be a special session on Spitzer as part 

of the Historical Astronomy Division focusing on the process of designing and

building the observatory from the initial ideas to first light. 

“The Spitzer Observatory” Sunday 6 Jan at 2:00 PM, Room 618/619 

The following talks at the NASA Hyperwall will feature results from Spitzer: 

“Spitzer Beyond” by Sean Carey, Wednesday 9 Jan at 9:10 AM

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN PLANETARY ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester
Full Details:

https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/718/research-associate-in-planetary-atmospheric-science.html 
Salary Grade 7 – £34,189 to £39,609 per annum
Funding is available from 1 March 2019 to 31 March 2022

Closing date:  14 January 2019

 

The Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Leicester invites

applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) in Planetary

Atmospheric Science.

 

You will join the planetary atmospheres team led by Dr Leigh Fletcher to address

the scientific aims of a European Research Council (ERC) grant to explore time-

variable processes shaping the atmospheres of the giant planets.

The “GIANTCLIMES” programme seeks to investigate the natural cycles of

meteorology, circulation, and chemical processes shaping the environments of

the four giant planets over long spans of time. Inversions of planetary spectra,

from the ultraviolet to the microwave, will be used to reconstruct these atmospheres

in three dimensions to explore their temporal variability and the processes coupling

different atmospheric regimes. Potential sub-projects include, but are not limited to:

analysis of multi-instrument data from the Juno and Cassini spacecraft; assessments

of the chemical distributions and radiative energy budgets of the four giants;

numerical simulation of periodic and stochastic meteorological events (including

wave phenomena); spectroscopic mapping techniques from Earth-based observatories;

and assembly of data analysis pipelines to support “Guaranteed-Time” and

“Early-Release” science activities ahead of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.

You will be expected to carry out independent and collaborative research for

this project and disseminate the results to the international scientific community.

There will be significant opportunities to collaborate within the Leicester’s

Planetary Science team (whose existing research includes planetary magnetospheres, 

ionospheres, atmospheres and surface science), and with an international team

specialising in radiative transfer and spectral inversion for planetary atmospheres.

 

In addition to the online application form, applicants are requested to provide:

[1] a CV and publication list; [2] two academic references; [3] a one-page cover

letter detailing how your prior experience and future research aims are

commensurate with the aims of the programme outlined above.

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Dr Leigh Fletcher on

[email protected] or 0116 252 3585

 

B)  POST DOCTORAL POSITION

      SPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION

      SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

 

https://resapp.swri.org/ResApp/Job_Search_Results.aspx?DETAIL=15-01330

 

Job code: 15-01330

Job Summary:

Join SwRI’s Space Science and Engineering team by supporting the Lyman

Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

mission as a postdoctoral planetary scientist. Our team’s investigations include

a variety of lunar science questions using far-UV albedo maps of the lunar surface.

Topics of study include characterization of volatiles within permanently shaded

regions at the lunar poles, mapping of surface water frost and hydrates, and

identifying regional space weathering effects. The far-UV map and spectra

analyses to be performed include map data product creation and comparisons

with other LRO and lunar datasets for detailed surveys of regions of interest.

Publish results in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at professional

meetings. Lead and/or assist in new business proposals and teaching/mentoring

experience through our UTSA-SwRI graduate program in Space Physics.

Education/Experience:

Requires a PhD degree in Planetary Science, Physics, Astrophysics, Space

Science, Space Physics, Space Instrumentation, or Astronomy with 0 years

experience. Must have at least a 3.0 GPA. Requires a PhD Must have at least

3 years of related academic research. Strong computing and programming

skills with Interactive Data Language (IDL), Python, and/or ArcGIS are required.

Must have experience with imaging and/or spectroscopy from space-based

observations. A background in scientific analysis and publication of planetary

geology, volatiles, and surface reflectance spectral albedo topics is highly

desirable.

This position requires passing the test.

Special Considerations:

This is a 1 year limited term assignment with possible 1 year extension.

 

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1. DPS 50 MEETING VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE
2. ICARUS SPECIAL ISSUE ON CASSINI RESULTS
3. PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE OF ARECIBO OBSERVATORY
4. AOGS SESSION PS04-SE: VOLCANISM AND TECTONISM ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM
5. AOGS SESSION PS05: CASSINI’S LEGACY: SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS AND DISCOVERIES AT SATURN
6. AOGS SESSION PS07: MAGNETOSPHERES, ATMOSPHERES, EXOSPHERES OF OUTER PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES
7. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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DPS 50 MEETING VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE

 

The videos of plenary talks and the Agency Update from DPS in Knoxville

are now available on the meeting website:

 

https://aas.org/meetings/dps50/videos

 

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ICARUS SPECIAL ISSUE ON CASSINI RESULTS

 

We call for papers on the latest Cassini Science results. All topics related to

Cassini results are welcome to this Special Issue, including those presented

at the Final Cassini Science Symposium in Boulder in 2018.

 

First submission date:

1. November 2018.

 

All papers should be submitted to the Guest Editors for review through the

EES submission site:

1. January 2019.

 

All manuscripts to be fully reviewed and final decisions made on all manuscripts:

1. July 2019.

 

The date the Special Issue is expected to be published:

1. November 2019.

 

To submit your paper, go to the Icarus/EES site, click Start New Submission.

 

To begin, select the issue from the dropdown list: Cassini Mission Science Results

 

 

Sincerely,

Larry Esposito

Phil Nicholson

Linda Spilker

Guest Editors

 

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PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE OF THE ARECIBO OBSERVATORY

 

Dear Colleagues,     

 

We have the pleasure to inform you that the university of Central Florida,

the new management of the Arecibo Observatory (AO), is organizing the

“Pathways to the Future of the Arecibo Observatory” workshop that will

be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on February 17 – 20, 2019. The purpose

of this workshop is to create a shared vision of the future research that will

be conducted at AO and help create tangible ways that can promote cutting-

edge research and involve wider participation from the scientific community

in the areas of planeary science, radio astronomy and study of the atmosphere.

At this workshop, we will facilitate discussions to address questions such as:

What key scientific questions, emerging science opportunities, and technical

advances will scientists be pursuing in the next decade? What core and emerging

facility capabilities at AO will be required to support this research? 

 

We solicit long abstracts in the fields related to planetary sciences to explore

new opportunities that expand the use of AO in new directions. Currently,

planetary radar is the primary technique used at AO to benefit the planetary

sciences by radar observations of the near-Earth and Main-Belt asteroids, comets,

planets, and moons. If you have new visionary ideas that makes use of the current

capabilities of AO, or that could improve them, we encourage you to send a two-

page white paper by Dec 19th, 2018, to [email protected]. We will evaluate the

submitted abstracts by Dec 31st, 2018, and the providers of the best ideas will be

invited to attend the workshop. 

 

We encourage new ideas related to the ground-based microwave and radio

wave studies of space debris, asteroids, moons and rings of Saturn and Jupiter,

and the terrestrial planets. We are also especially interested in abstracts that

explore the possibility of new collaborations between AO and other observing

facilites such as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submilimeter Array, the Large

Millimeter Telescope, the Very Long Baseline Array etc. Finally, we encourage

abstracts considering multi-wavelength studies from the UV to the mid-IR but

also gamma- and X-rays to complement AO research. Ideas involving high

spatial resolution, using actual facilites or future projects e.g. the Extremely

Large Telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope are specially encouraged.

We also encourage ideas about new partnerships and synergies with industry

and government.  

 

These ideas or other that will help us maintain AO’s status as one of the premier

research institutions in the world will be welcome at the workshop.  We are

working on a remote attendance capability for the workshop. For further questions,

send email to [email protected] 

 

Respectfully, 

Noemi Pinilla-Alonso,

Chair of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the

“Pathways to the Future of the Arecibo Observatory” workshop  

 

If you want to knwo mor eabout the Arecibo Observatory Capacities,

you can visit these links 

https://www.naic.edu/~pradar/radarpage.html

http://www.naic.edu/~nolan/radar/AUSAC.htm https://www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/measurements/radar.html 

 

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AOGS SESSION PS04-SE: VOLCANISM AND TECTONISM ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM

 

Dear colleagues,

 

We are pleased to announce a session for the Asia Oceania Geosciences

Society (AOGS 2019) to be held in Singapore in July 28 – August 2, 2019.

 

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=home.htm

 

The abstract submission deadline is 12 February 2019.

 

PS04-SE: Volcanism and Tectonism Across the Solar System

 

The surfaces of the terrestrial planets and their satellites have been largely

shaped through volcanic and tectonic processes. Extreme conditions on

outer solar system bodies, such as the Jovian and Saturnian satellites, result

in different types of volcanism and tectonism. Fracturing and faulting

processes mainly affect minor bodies such as asteroids and small moons,

where volcanism and tectonism have not played an important role. We invite

contributions that cover a wide range of topics including geomorphology and

composition of volcanic deposits, edifices, and plumes, volcano-induced

deformation and edifice growth and collapse to tectonic structures, faulting

and fracturing processes, crustal stress and strain analysis, cryovolcanism,

and any study related to planetary endogenic processes. Furthermore, studies

that relay interactions between planetary interiors, surfaces, and atmospheres

are welcomed. Comparative studies of volcanic or tectonic systems on Earth

with a strong remote sensing component are encouraged.

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Hope to see you there!

 

The Conveners:

 

Dr Anezina Solomonidou (European Space Agency (ESA) ESAC, Spain)
Dr Rosaly Lopes (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States)
Dr Florian M. Schwandner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States)

 

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AOGS SESSION PS05: CASSINI’S LEGACY: SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS AND DISCOVERIES AT SATURN

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

            I would like to call your attention to a Cassini-focused session 

(see below) at the 2019 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

meeting, which will be held from 28 July to 2 August 2019 in Singapore.  

The abstract submission window is from November 20, 2018 thru

February 12, 2019.  Instructions can be found here:

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=abstract.htm

 

PS05: Cassini’s Legacy: Science Highlights and Discoveries at Saturn

 

Session Summary:

The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn ended in a dramatic plunge into

Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15, 2017 sending back in-situ data as

long as possible. Since 2004, Cassini and the Huygens probe revealed the

entire Saturn system and opened up new Ocean Worlds for further exploration.

In its final 9 months Cassini’s 20 Ring-Grazing orbits bought it just outside

the rings followed by a series of 22 highly inclined “Grand Finale” orbits

with closest approach between the innermost D ring and Saturn’s upper

atmosphere. The final 22 orbits enabled the opportunity for unique science

observations including: probing of gravitational and magnetic field moments

to higher order and precision; determining the ring mass; in-situ sampling

of the plasma environment, upper atmosphere and exosphere; and imaging

both Saturn and rings at high resolution. Data obtained on these orbits have

led to surprising results. We propose a multi-disciplinary session to report

on analysis and modeling of data collected during this once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity to explore Saturn up close in addition to highlighting the legacy

of discoveries of the Saturn system made over thirteen years of exploration.

 

Conveners:

Scott Edgington, Sushil Atreya, Athena Coustenis, Wing-Huen Ip, Norbert Krupp

 

            We look forward to hear about your latest Cassini research.

 

Best regards,

Scott, Sushil, Athena, Wing, and Norbert

 

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AOGS SESSION PS07: MAGNETOSPHERES, ATMOSPHERES, EXOSPHERES OF OUTER PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES

 

Dear all,
During the next 2019 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) meeting, 

28 July to 2 August 2019 in Singapore
http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=home.htm

we would like to point to the following session

PS07 Magnetospheres, Atmospheres, Exospheres of Outer Planets and Their Satellites

Conveners:
Dr Norbert Krupp (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany)
Prof Sushil Atreya (University of Michigan, United States)
Dr Scott Bolton (Southwest Research Institute, United States)
Dr Linda Spilker (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States)
Dr Olivier Witasse (European Space Agency, Netherlands)

This session welcomes papers about Magnetospheres, atmospheres, exospheres 

of Outer planets and their satellites with special emphasis on observations

(both from space and from the ground), modelling, and theoretical interpretation.

Abstracts on satellite interactions with their neutral and charged environments,

supporting laboratory investigations and concepts for future spacecraft missions

and investigations are also relevant to this session.

The abstract submission is already open and will close on Feb 12, 2019.
Please consider submitting an abstrac

t<http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=abstract.htm>!

Hope to see you in Singapore.

Best regards,
Norbert Krupp on behalf on behalf of the conveners

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS LECTURER SOUGHT AT UCF

The Department of Physics at the University of Central Florida invites 

applications for a lecturer position, anticipated to start in August 2019.

This is a 9-month, non-tenure track position, renewable annually, with

the possibility of summer teaching assignments. There is a career path

for lecturers with the possibility of promotion based on years of service

and performance. A relevant PhD and university-level teaching experience

are required.

The department’s 52 full-time faculty include much of UCF’s Planetary 

Sciences Group.  We offer BS, BA, MS. and PhD degrees, including MS

and PhD tracks in Planetary Sciences.  UCF’s Florida Space Institute hosts

additional planetary research faculty and manages the Arecibo radio telescope.

The full posting, with instructions for submitting applications, is here:

https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/55649
 

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Issue 18-48, November 23, 2018

 

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1. CASSINI SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM: MAY 20-24, 2019
2. CENTAUR EXPLORATION WORKSHOP: THE ROOTS OF ACTIVITY
3. SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION MEETING AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON
4. NASA SEEKING VOLUNTEER REVIEWERS IN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
5. SPITZER DIRECTOR’S DISCRETIONARY TIME (DDT) PROPOSAL HANDLING UPDATE
6. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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CASSINI SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM:  MAY 20-24, 2019

 

The Cassini Project will host a five-day Cassini Science Symposium

May 20 -24, 2019. The meeting will be held at the Applied Physics 

Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

 

Abstracts will be due 15 February 2019.  Additional information, including

the meeting website, will be included in a future notice.  For now, please

save these dates.  

 

A combination of invited review talks, contributed oral and poster papers

are solicited covering the latest Cassini findings on the Saturn system,

including the interpretation and synthesis of results.  Sessions will include 

interdisciplinary talks and will cover the following disciplines:  Rings, Titan,

Icy Satellites, Magnetospheres and Saturn. Talks emphasizing Saturn-Jupiter

synergies are encouraged.  Discipline-focused workshops will also be held

during the late afternoons.  This Symposium can serve as a springboard for

future studies and space missions. Future mission posters will be accepted.

 

We hope to see you there.

 

Linda J. Spilker

Chair, Symposium Organizing Committee

 

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CENTAUR EXPLORATION WORKSHOP: THE ROOTS OF ACTIVITY 

 

A workshop addressing the scientific importance and space exploration

relevance of active centaurs, with a specific focus on mapping knowledge

gaps and paths forward.

 

PLEASE NOTE UPDATED INFORMATION 

 

Dates: March 6-8, 2019. 

Location: Florida Space Institute, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.

Workshop URL: https://cew2019.arc.nasa.gov/

NOI, Registration and Abstract Submission: Now Open.

NOI Deadline: November 30, 2018.

Registration and Abstract Submission Deadline: January 7, 2019.

In-situ participation will be capped – Consider registering early and submitting an abstract.

Online participation will be available – Will require registration and notice of acceptance.

 

This workshop will be held at the University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL),

under the auspices of the Florida Space Institute, the Center for Lunar and

Asteroid Surface Science and SSERVI Central. The workshop’s impetus is

two-fold: Advance our understanding of how small bodies originate, evolve

and become active beyond Jupiter’s orbit; Planning of exploration strategies –

Both Earth-based observations and Space-based measurements – aimed at

representative objects of the Centaur population. The former serves as our

science rationale and context, while the latter will help focus our workshop

discussions and deliverables on future remote and in-situ characterization of

specific targets. We strongly encourage the participation of early career

researchers (including graduate students and postdoctoral researchers).

 

Discussion topics will be related to understanding specific properties and

population trends following. The schedule is planned for a 2.5-day meeting

and will include forward-looking presentations and guided discussions to allow

for streaming of ideas and encourage inclusive participation. We aim for the

workshop to result in a white paper and a plan for a multi-wavelength observing

campaign. All active participants are welcome to contribute.

 

We plan to offer 3 modes of participation: In-situ participation and contribution,

Active online participating and contribution (remote login) and Passive online

participation (remote login and muted). Notices of intent are solicited from all

interested participants, regardless of participation mode. Short abstracts (< 500

words) are requested from those interested in contributing presentation or

facilitating discussion sessions.

 

Questions? Please contact the organizers:

Gal Sarid ([email protected])

Maria Womack ([email protected])

 

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SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION MEETING AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON

 

This meeting, which takes place on 21 – 22 January 2019, at the Royal Society,

London, will highlight recent developments in theoretical, laboratory and 

astronomical studies of the molecular ion H3+and its hydrogenated cousin 

H5+ These developments include the first models of H5+, high-resolution 

studies of H3+deuterated isotopologues, ultra-cold chemistry studies, new 

chemical models of the Galactic Centre, and data from the space missions 

Cassini (Saturn) and JUNO (Jupiter).

 

For more details see:

https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2019/01/advances-in-hydrogen/

 

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NASA SEEKING VOLUNTEER REVIEWERS IN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

 

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is seeking subject matter experts to serve as 

mail-in and/or panel reviewers of proposals to ROSES and other SMD solicitations. Just 

follow the links below to the volunteer review forms and click the boxes to indicate the 

topics in which you consider yourself to be a subject matter expert. If your skills match our 

needs for that review, we will contact you to discuss scheduling. 

 

We are currently seeking reviewers for:

 

·    Future Investigators in NASA Earth Science and Technology (FINESST Earth) This is the new solicitation for grad student research  

·    Future Investigators in Space Science and Technology (FINESST Space) This is the new solicitation for grad student research

·    Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads (ROSES C.28)

·    Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute Cooperative Agreement Notice (SSERVI CAN-3)

·    Rosetta Data Analysis Program (C.20 of ROSES)

·    Discovery Data Analysis (ROSES C.11)

·    Mars Data Analysis Program (ROSES C.9)

·    Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO)

 

Or you can always just visit the main landing page at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/volunteer-review-panels

where there are links to all of these forms.

 

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SPITZER DIRECTOR’S DISCRETIONARY TIME (DDT) PROPOSAL HANDLING UPDATE

 

Spitzer is executing the “Beyond” phase of the mission which will continue

through January 2020. Through the remainder of the mission DDT proposals

are solicited for new, high-impact science programs. Up to 3,000 hours of

DDT is available. 

 

1. DDT proposals may be submitted at any time. 

2. The review of time-critical proposals will be done immediately. 

3. Proposals that are not time critical will be reviewed on a structured schedule.

 

The DDT proposal deadlines are:    

               February 8, 2019   

               May 10, 2019   

               September 10, 2019 

4. All PIs that submit a DDT proposal will receive up to three proposals to

review as part of the structured review process. 

5. The default proprietary period for all DDT programs is zero days.

A maximum 90-day proprietary period can be proposed. 

6. DDT requests must include:  

               a. A strong scientific justification (and justification of time-criticality, if requested).   

               b. A description of the long-term legacy value of the program.   

               c. Completed Astronomical Observation Requests (AORs). 

7. All required materials to prepare the proposal are available on the Proposal

Kit webpage:     http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/warmmission/propkit/    

               a. Read and follow the instructions in the DDT proposal guidelines (version 4).   

               b. Use DDT proposal template (version 3) to prepare the proposal file, and

               adhere to the page limits. 

8. Submit proposals through the DDT web form (not Spot): https://catcopy.ipac.caltech.edu/ddt/proposal.php 

9. Direct all questions to the Helpdesk at [email protected].  

 

Spitzer Science User Support

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN PLANETARY SCIENCE

     UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI

     FINLAND

 

The Department of Physics at the University of Helsinki (Finland) is
seeking an ambitious postdoctoral researcher to join the Planetary
System Research Group.

The successful candidate is expected to carry out research within the
framework of a project entitled “Population-level constraints on
asteroid interior structure and composition”. The aims of the project
are to i) understand the mechanism leading to the destruction of
near-Earth objects (NEOs) close to the Sun, ii) develop a
state-of-the-art model of the near-Earth-object (NEO) population that
accounts for the thermal and tidal disruption of NEOs, and iii) enable
and prepare for solar system science with the European Space Agency’s
Euclid mission, currently planned to be launched in 2021.

Applicants should have a Ph.D. in planetary science or a closely 
related field, and, preferably, experience with numerical modeling of 
asteroid orbital evolution and/or disruption of asteroids or asteroid
constituents. In addition, good programming and data analysis skills
and a demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team
are considered highly advantageous.

Deadline for applications is November 30, 2018.

More information about the position including salary and benefits, as
well as details on how to apply are available at:

https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/09a5e498

 

B) PLANETARY SCIENCES TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION AT CALTECH

The Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California 

Institute of Technology is seeking outstanding applicants for a tenure-

track faculty position in planetary science at the assistant professor 

level. We are seeking highly qualified candidates who are committed 

to a career in research and teaching. We are especially interested in 

individuals whose research complements that in the Division, which 

covers the full spectrum of the earth and planetary sciences. We are 

particularly interested in applicants with solar system-focused research 

programs in planetary geophysics/geology, planetary atmospheric 

sciences, or small bodies research; but those in other sub-disciplines 

will be considered. For further information or to apply

https://applications.caltech.edu/jobs/ps

 

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Issue 18-47, November 14, 2018

 

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1. 2019 PIERAZZO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
2. JWST OBSERVER NEWS ROUNDUP DELIVERS JWST NEWS TO YOUR INBOX
3. SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: THE MAIN BELT: A GATEWAY TO THE FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
4. SPECIAL ISSUE: OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL ATMOSPHERE
5. OBITUARY – MICHAEL F. A’HEARN
6. SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG) GOALS DOCUMENT – RESOURCE UTILIZATION
7. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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2019 PIERAZZO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD 

 

Application deadline: 9 PM MST, November 29, 2018 

 

Awards will be announced on or before December 10, 2018

 

This award is established by the Planetary Science Institute in memory of

Senior Scientist Betty Pierazzo to support and encourage graduate students

to build international collaborations and relationships in planetary science.

Two awards will be made each year, contingent upon there being meritorious

applications. One will be awarded to a graduate student working on his or her

Ph.D. at an institution within the U.S. This is to support travel to a planetary

science related meeting (conferences and workshops) outside of the U.S. The

second award will be to a graduate student working on his or her Ph.D. at an

institution outside of the U.S. This is to support travel to a planetary science

related meeting within the U.S. These include general meetings that have

planetary-focused sessions such as the AGU, GSA, EGU and IAG.  The award

will consist of a certificate and up to $2000US.  Additional information and

application materials are available at:  http://www.psi.edu/pista

 

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JWST OBSERVER NEWS ROUNDUP DELIVERS JWST NEWS TO YOUR INBOX

 

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) provides you with another

way to keep up-to-date on JWST science happenings. The JWST Observer

News Roundup is a bi-monthly email newsletter that highlights upcoming

events and recent JWST science news.

 

Designed to update the scientific community, the JWST Observer News

Roundup provides a summary of the JWST science news from the past two

months with links to the details on our website. Along with our JWST

Observer Facebook and Twitter accounts (@JWSTObserver), the email

newsletter will ensure you don’t miss out on any JWST events or news.

 

To manage your STScI subscriptions, log in to profile.stsci.edu

 

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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: THE MAIN BELT: A GATEWAY TO THE FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Workshop, Sardinia, Italy | June 4-7, 2019

The Main Asteroid Belt is at the boundary of the inner and outer Solar 

System. It marks a transition region from the rocky volatile-poor inner

terrestrial planets to the outer gaseous and icy giant planets. Asteroids

also give us access to the relatively unprocessed building blocks of planet

formation, with many retaining a record of processes that took place during

the formation and early evolution of the Solar System. This workshop

brings together experts to establish the current understanding of Main Belt

asteroid science, as well as to debate future directions for investigation.

The workshop stimulates discussions about accretion, chemistry, collisions,

dynamics, geophysics, and meteorites. The workshop is limited to

approximately 100 attendees.

Main topics:
1. Planetesimal Formation
2. Collisional Evolution
3. Depletion & Implantation
4. Composition & Chemistry
5. Meteorites & Samples
6. Space Missions

When: June 4-7, 2019 (including a half-day field trip to the 64-m dish

Sardinia Radio Telescope).
Where: Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy | https://www.pullman-timiama-sardegna.com/en/
Website: http://www.iaps.inaf.it/sz/mainbelt2019/
Deadlines: January 31, 2019 (abstract submission); March 31, 2019 (early registration)

SOC Chairs: Maria Cristina De Sanctis, INAF, Italy / Simone Marchi, SwRI, USA

SOC Members:
Eleonora Ammannito, ASI, Italy
William F. Bottke, SwRI, USA
Fabrizio Capaccioni, INAF, Italy
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, ASU, USA
Roger Fu, Harvard University, USA
Thorsten Kleine, University of Münster, Germany
Javier Licandro, IAC, Spain
Alessandro Morbidelli, OCA, France
Carol A. Raymond, JPL/Caltech, USA
Fumi Yoshida, PERC/Chitech, Japan

 

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SPECIAL ISSUE: OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL ATMOSPHERE

 

A special issue of the open-access journal Atmosphere,  “Modeling and Simulation

of Planetary Atmospheres”, is now open for submissions, until 16 August 2019.

Full information is at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/planetary_atmospheres . 

 

Timothy E. Dowling, Guest Editor

 

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OBITUARY – MICHAEL F. A’HEARN

The AAS obituary for Michael F. A’Hearn’s (1940-2017) has been posted at

https://aas.org/obituaries/michael-f-ahearn-1940-2017

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SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG) GOALS DOCUMENT – RESOURCE UTILIZATION

 

The Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) is in the process of revising

our document of the community’s goals for exploration and study of small

bodies in the Solar System. A number of you have been involved with various

parts of it, but we are looking for some input on Resource Utilization. That

topic is only briefly mentioned in the current Goals document (at 

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/goals/), but we believe that it deserves much

more emphasis this time. Some work had begun on this, but the lead was

unable to continue, because of conflicts with previous commitments, so we

will be starting afresh with Daniel Britt as the lead. 

Please contact Dan (cc’d) if you are interested in contributing. We want 

these documents to reflect broad input from the small bodies community. 

Thanks. 
Tim Swindle 
Chair, Small Bodies Assessment Group Steering Committee

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) PLANETARY SCIENCES TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION AT CALTECH

The Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California 

Institute of Technology is seeking outstanding applicants for a tenure-

track faculty position in planetary science at the assistant professor

level. We are seeking highly qualified candidates who are committed

to a career in research and teaching. We are especially interested in

individuals whose research complements that in the Division, which

covers the full spectrum of the earth and planetary sciences. We are

particularly interested in applicants with solar system-focused research

programs in planetary geophysics/geology, planetary atmospheric

sciences, or small bodies research; but those in other sub-disciplines

will be considered. For further information or to apply

https://applications.caltech.edu/jobs/ps

 

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Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected]) 

 

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