Issue 18-30, July 21, 2018

 

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1. 50TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AAS DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES OCTOBER 21-26, 2018 IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
2. HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS FOR THE 50TH DPS MEETING 21-26 OCTOBER, KNOXVILLE, TN, USA
3. LABORATORY RESEARCH ABSTRACTS FOR THE 50TH DPS MEETING 21-26 OCTOBER, KNOXVILLE, TN, USA
4. DPS 2018 ELECTION REMINDER
5. EUROPA DEEP DIVE 2: COMPOSITION A WORKSHOP FOCUSED ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF EUROPA AND THE STATE OF LABORATORY DATA
6. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: THE MAIN BELT: A GATEWAY TO THE FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
7. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IAU SYMPOSIUM 350 ON LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS
8. 2018 FALL AGU SESSION NOTICES

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50TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AAS DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES 

OCTOBER 21-26, 2018 IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

 

REGULAR ABSTRACTS ARE DUE THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018 9:00 PM EDT

 

Registration is now open!

 

Both local and scientific organizing committees are working with AAS

meeting planners to make this meeting a place to share our recent

scientific results and to continue our collaborations with colleagues.

 

More information, as it becomes available, can be found at the meeting website:

https://aas.org/meetings/dps50

 

Here are some key dates to be aware of:

 

26 July 2018 Regular Abstract Deadline, 9:00 PM EDT

31 July 2018 Early Registration Deadline (lowest cost!)

31 July 2018 Exhibit Final Deadline

31 August 2018 Late Abstract Submission Deadline

15 September 2018 Dependent Care Grant Applications Due

 

Note that there will be limited and expensive hotel rooms close to the Knoxville

Convention Center in downtown Knoxville on the Saturday night before the meeting

(Oct 20) due to the home football game between Tennessee and Alabama. The LOC

and AAS staff are working to find meeting space so that workshops can be held on

Saturday October 27. There will be meeting space for workshops at the Knoxville

Convention Center on Sunday October 21 (before the meeting), but it will be

extremely difficult for some people to get into Knoxville early that day (particularly

those coming from the west coast).  Another option for workshop attendees would 

be to stay at a hotel outside of the downtown area on Saturday night.  Workshop 

conveners should consider these constraints and communicate with expected

attendees when deciding on workshop dates and times.

 

Two field trips are being scheduled for Saturday, October 27. Expected

offerings include a visit to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, nearby

caves, and hiking in the Smoky Mountains.

 

We plan to continue offering electronic posters this year. We will also be having a

banquet at the Knoxville Museum of Art and an ice-cream social on Friday afternoon.

 

We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville in October.

 

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HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS FOR THE 50TH DPS MEETING 21-26 OCTOBER, 

KNOXVILLE, TN, USA

 

Due date 26 July 9:00 pm ET.

 

The 2018 DPS marks the 50th anniversary of this meeting. This jubilee milestone

will be celebrated at the meeting with an historical plenary session, including

invited speakers and a panel, as well as a historical session on the Cassini mission.

In addition, we welcome contributed abstracts that review and reflect on the last

half-century of planetary science in the DPS. You are encouraged to submit your

abstracts in the pertinent sections or under the topic “History ”. Please note that

History abstracts do not count against the limit of one Regular Research Contributed

Abstract.

 

See https://aas.org/meetings/dps50/abstracts for details.

Please contact SOC chair Devon Burr ([email protected]) or

SOC History sessions organizer Jay Pasachoff ([email protected])

with any questions.

 

Abstracts are due 26 July 9:00 pm ET.

 

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LABORATORY RESEARCH ABSTRACTS FOR THE 50TH DPS MEETING 

21-26 OCTOBER, KNOXVILLE, TN, USA.

 

Deadline July 26,2018

 

You are encouraged to submit your abstracts in the pertinent sections or under

“Laboratory Research”. Please make sure that the words Laboratory or

Experiment are included in your abstract, preferably in the Title. We will try to

embed your oral presentations into appropriate sessions.

 

SOC

 

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DPS 2018 ELECTION REMINDER

 

The 2018 election for DPS Vice-Chair and Committee is now open, and will

close on July 31st 2018.

 

Please remember to vote! 

 

Go to https://aas.org/vote/

You will need your AAS member login ID (which defaults to your membership

number), and your password. 

 

If you have trouble voting on line, the AAS can do a proxy vote and vote on your

behalf (send an e-mail to [email protected]). You will still get an automated email 

confirmation and a separate manual email, both with who you voted for and a

confirmation number. 

 

You should vote for one of the two candidates for Vice Chair:

o Matija Ćuk, SETI Institute

o Amanda Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute

 

The elected Vice Chair will take his/her functions in October 2018 and will

become the DPS Chair in October 2019.

 

You should also vote for two of the four candidates for DPS Committee: 

o Michael Bland

o Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory

o Lucille Le Corre, Planetary Science Institute

o Krista Soderlund, University of Texas

 

The successful candidates will serve on the Committee for three years after

October 2018.

 

The detailed vitae and position statements for each of the candidates is linked

from the main election page,

https://aas.org/vote/

 

It is very important for all DPS Members to participate to these elections, so

please take a moment to vote!

 

Thank you!

 

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EUROPA DEEP DIVE 2: COMPOSITION A WORKSHOP FOCUSED ON THE CHEMICAL 

COMPOSITION OF EUROPA AND THE STATE OF LABORATORY DATA

 

Dates: October 9–11, 2018

Venue: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX.

 

Abstracts Deadline (EXTENDED): August 9, 2018

 

URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/europadeepdive2018/

 

We encourage all members of the planetary science community whose research

interests lie in Europa’s chemical composition to submit abstracts for oral and

poster presentations. The workshop is structured to provide ample time for oral

presentations (at least 15 min), poster sessions, and discussion of Europa’s

chemistry as revealed by Observations, Data Analysis, Modeling, and Laboratory

Work. This is your unique opportunity “to hear and to be heard” in an environment

where ample time will be devoted to these topics.

The common thread of the Workshop is to assess our present understanding of

Europa’s composition (physical and chemical), evaluate the existing laboratory

data, and summarize critical laboratory work to be conducted in the immediate

future. We therefore solicit abstracts with a focus on observational data, spectral/

modeling work, and laboratory data.  Presenters are also encouraged to include

discussions of any laboratory data that is needed or that would enhance their work.

 

Please feel free to contact members of the Deep Dive 2 SOC with any questions.

  

SOC – Europa Deep Dive 2

 

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FIRST 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: Chia Laguna, Sardinia, Italy |

http://en.chialagunaresort.com/en/resort-sardinia/1-0.html
Important dates: A second announcement with details about deadlines and

logistics on September 2018.

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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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IAU SYMPOSIUM 350 ON LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS

Please save the date!

The First International Astronomical Union Symposium on Laboratory 

Astrophysics, IAUS 350: Laboratory Astrophysics: from Observations to

Interpretation, will be held in Cambridge, UK, from 14 – 19 April 2019. 

The active synergy between astronomical observation, laboratory experiment 

and theoretical modeling has been reinforced at the 2015 IAU General

Assembly by the creation of a new IAU Commission (CB5) on Laboratory

Astrophysics (https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/commissions/B5/). 

In this meeting we hope to build on this momentum and bring together active 

researchers in observational astronomy, space missions, experimental and

theoretical laboratory astrophysics and astrochemistry to discuss the major

topics and challenges that face today’s Astronomy. We expect that interactions

between researchers will result in a solid roadmap for future research that will

lead to advances in our understanding of astronomical observations and guide

the design of future observational instruments. You can read more on the

objectives of the Symposium at

https://www.iau.org/science/meetings/proposals/loi/2019/1991/. 

To register your interest in this meeting, please send an email to 

[email protected]. 

You will then receive regular updates on the meeting. 

On behalf of the Organizing Committee for IAUS 350,

Farid Salama
President 
IAU Commission B5

IAUS 350 SOC:
Farid Salama (Chair), USA, Paul Barklem, Sweden, Helen Fraser, UK, 

Thomas Henning, Germany, Christine Joblin, France, Sun Kwok, China,

Harold Linnartz, Netherlands, Lyudmila Mashonkina, Russia, Tom Millar,

UK, Osama Shalabiea, Egypt, Gianfranco Vidali, USA, Feilu Wang, China,

Giulio Del- Zanna, UK

 

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2018 FALL AGU SESSION NOTICES

 

A) SESSION TITLE: B039. INTEGRATED HABITABILITY SCIENCE: 

FORECASTING THE TRAJECTORY OF LIFE AND PLANETARY 

HABITABILITY ON EARTH AND BEYOND

Session ID: 50570

 

Session Description: The Earth has experienced several catastrophic

perturbations during its history, but nevertheless remained habitable.

How will planet Earth and life co-evolve in the future? How will life

adapt and transform itself across the environmental changes ahead of

us? How will life continue to shape the Earth? How do microbial life

and ecosystems naturally adapt to and co-evolve on human to geologic

timescales? How can we enhance the Earth’s habitability and expand

sustainability into the deep future? This session has a special focus on

the evolving planetary processes and the extent of life and its diversification

that both contribute to the maintenance of Earth’s habitability. We welcome

interdisciplinary topics related to systems life science and synthetic biology,

exploration of deep life and ecosystems in extreme environments, limits

and theories of life, and modeling of the Earth’s habitability and geosphere-

biosphere interactions in the past, present, and deep future.

 

Submit here before August 1, 2018, 11:59 PM EDT:

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/50570

 

Conveners: Fumio Inagaki (JAMSTEC), Vlada Stamenkovic (JPL), 

Victoria J Orphan (Caltech), Kai-Uwe Hinrichs (MARUM-University

of Bremen).

 

B) AGU SESSION P010: CLIMATE AND HABITABILITY OF ROCKY 

PLANETS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/45719

 

Session description: Recent advances in understanding the early habitability

of Mars and Venus, the imminent exploration of rocky exoplanets by the

James Webb Space Telescope, and mission proposals to search for life in

the outer Solar system motivate us to consider planetary habitability from

a wide range of angles. Questions of particular interest include: What does

the solar system tell us about the habitability of exoplanets, and how can

exoplanets inform our understanding of habitability? What drives Earth’s

long-term climatic stability and how will it end? What planetary conditions

affect the emergence and maintenance of life, such as long-term volatile

cycling or the evolution of a planet’s host star? Finally, what insight can we

glean from lifeless worlds about the conditions necessary for sustaining life? 

We invite studies that use observations, experiments, and theory to expand

our understanding of the climates and habitability of rocky planets in our

Solar System and beyond.

 

Conveners: Daniel Koll, Jade Checlair, Thaddeus Komacek, Sukrit Ranjan

 

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Send submissions to: 

Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected]) 

 

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Issue 18-29, July 15, 2018

 

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1. IN MEMORIAM: BRADFORD A. SMITH (1931-2018)
2. 50TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AAS DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES OCTOBER 21-26, 2018 IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
3. DPS 2018 ELECTION REMINDER
4. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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IN MEMORIAM: BRADFORD A. SMITH (1931-2018)

 

Bradford A. Smith, planetary astronomer best known as the lead imaging

scientist on the Voyager mission who guided the world during the 1980s

on a visual odyssey across the outer solar system, passed away peacefully

at his home in Santa Fe, NM on July 3, 2018 from complications from

myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder.  He was 86.

 

Brad was born in 1931 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and grew up in nearby

Winchester, MA.  He graduated in 1954 from Northeastern University with 

a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering and received a PhD in Astronomy

from New Mexico State University in 1973.  During the course of his career, 

he held the academic appointments of Associate Professor of Astronomy at

New Mexico State University, Professor in both the Department of Planetary

Sciences and the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona, and

finally Research Astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy, University of

Hawaii at Manoa. 

 

Despite his early training as a chemical engineer, Brad’s first love was astronomy.  

After college, he spent two years as a private in the army, working as an

astronomer in the US Army Map Service at the White Sands Missile Range

in New Mexico, where he began a long and productive association with Clyde

Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.  His first astronomical project was a search 

(with negative results) for possible natural satellites of the Moon at Lowell

Observatory, with Tombaugh, during the lunar eclipse of November 17-18, 1956.

 

Soon thereafter, he followed Tombaugh to New Mexico State University and

in 1958 established there a program of systematic, ground-based telescopic

imaging of the planets in support of the robotic planetary missions on which

the newly formed NASA would soon be embarking.  This was the dawn of the 

space age, a time when planetary science as a disciplined study of the planets

was only just taking shape.  Brad’s cutting-edge knowledge and experience in 

imaging the planets earned him membership in that first generation of explorers

chosen to execute humankind’s initial reconnaissance of the solar system. 

 

Throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, he was involved in many US and

international space missions: the Mariner 6, Mariner 7, Viking, and Soviet

Phobos missions to Mars; the Soviet Vega mission to Halley’s Comet; and

the Wide Field/Planetary Camera team for the Hubble Space Telescope. He

rose to deputy team leader for the imaging investigation on Mariner 9, the

first spacecraft to orbit another planet in 1971, and from 1972 through 1989,

served as the imaging lead on the Voyager mission to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,

and Neptune.  For his contributions to space science, he was four times 

awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. 

Asteroid 8553 (bradsmith) is named for him.

 

While still deeply involved in spaceflight, Brad continued to push the limits

in Earth-based astronomical imaging. In early 1976 Brad and his colleagues

were the first to use a CCD detector on an astronomical telescope, yielding

the first high-resolution infrared images of Uranus and Neptune.  Later, in 

1984, he would be the first to use a coronagraph on the star β Pictoris, an

observational breakthrough that led to his discovery of the star’s circumstellar

debris disk.  This was the first direct evidence of a planetary system beyond 

our own and a finding that initiated the observational study of extrasolar

planetary systems, today the most productive field in astronomy.

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Within a career of scientific firsts, Brad’s most renowned role was his leadership

of the imaging team on the most celebrated interplanetary mission of them all,

the Voyager mission to the outer planets.  Voyager was different than any 

mission that had come before.   It was a long-duration, uncertain, risky 

undertaking to journey across and beyond the solar system, coursing on the

way through one giant-planet system after another, that became iconic in its

scope and significance … more rite of passage than expedition, more mythic

than scientific. Those extraordinary images of alien worlds and stunning

marvels, so unexpected, all never seen before, and that pre-cognitive sense

of being there that they evoked, were the means by which lay people the world

over felt connected to a grand pilgrimage, with Brad as head pilgrim, rendering

meaning along the way. And he excelled at it:  well-spoken, commanding, 

knowledgeable, witty, with movie star good looks.  Central Casting could not 

have done better.

 

At the same time, he was very much responsible for the phenomenal scientific

success of the whole imaging investigation.  He was one of few who had the 

foresight to recognize the satellites and, later, the rings of the outer planets

would be as fascinating as the planets themselves, and the need for a high-

resolution imaging capability to address both.  These realizations drove him 

to insist on a change in the optics of the Voyager cameras and to hand-appoint

to the original NASA-selected imaging team (against the wishes of NASA

officials) additional scientists with expertise in atmospheric science, geology

and planetary rings, as well as those directly involved in ground-based studies

of the bodies that Voyager would visit, to take advantage of the imaging

system’s increased capabilities.   And he was gender blind: three of those 

additions, from 1977 to 1988, were women, including myself.  He simply 

went after the best.

 

Brad was worldly and engaged in life in ways many of his colleagues were not.  

Maybe it was this that moved him to extend a hand, again without official

approval, to scientists from other countries at a time when it was rare to do so. 

For the Neptune encounter, he invited onto the imaging team Andre Brahic

from France and Sasha Basilevsky from the Soviet Union. The latter was a

bold gesture, considering that the Cold War had not yet ended.   It was Sasha 

who proclaimed that the surface of Neptune’s moon, Triton, was like frozen vodka!

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Many of us chosen for the Cassini mission back to Saturn were among those

Brad added to the Voyager imaging team. I surely would not have won the

position of imaging team lead on Cassini had it not been for his selection of

me for Voyager.  He might have had a reputation for being unapproachable 

and intimidating, but under it all, away from the politics and pressure, he was

a gentleman, loved by many for his encouragement, open-mindedness, and

willingness to listen.  He was there for me through some very difficult and 

punishing times over the 27 years of Cassini.  He was one who knew firsthand 

what the job of imaging team leader entailed, what deep resentment from

colleagues came with the very public-facing nature of the job, and how

politically charged it could be.  Through it all, he remained a steadfast supporter.

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Once Cassini reached Saturn, Brad would occasionally send me communications

that only someone who had held the seat in an earlier era could send.

 

During our first satellite encounter in mid-2004 with Saturn’s outer moon,

Phoebe: “There simply are no adequate words to describe those pictures! 

Now I know how Tom Gehrels [imaging team leader for Pioneer 11 at Saturn]

felt when he saw the Saturn Voyager images.”   

 

On our findings at Enceladus in 2005:  “Unbelievable!  I haven’t seen such a

tormented satellite since Miranda [moon of Uranus].  You certainly are doing 

fantastic work!  It brings back memories of past exciting times.”

 

And he was still there. cheering, only days before Cassini’s end:   “I can 

remember my own emotions as Voyager 2 headed away from Neptune,

ending the imaging phase of the mission.  So, I can only imagine the emotion 

you will be going through seeing your beloved Cassini die after all your

years together.”

 

In the history of human life, Bradford A. Smith was consequential in the

most meaningful of ways.  He will be fondly remembered.  

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Brad is survived by his wife, Diane McGregor, his three children, Kari

Rasmason of Albuquerque, NM, Hillary Tolmen of Cape Coral, FL, and

Randall Smith of Albuquerque, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.   

 

A memorial service will be held at the Lunar and Planetary Lab at the

University of Arizona on September 22, 2018.  

For more info: http://shorelips.net/bradsmith/memorial-service.html

 

Carolyn Porco

Mill Valley, California

 

(with assistance from Diane McGregor, Santa Fe, New Mexico; 

William Sheehan, Flagstaff, Arizona;  and Faith Vilas, Seabrook, Texas)

 

Carolyn Porco was a member of the Voyager Imaging Team from October

1983 through the end of mission in 1989.  She has been the imaging team 

leader on the Cassini mission at Saturn since November 1990.

 

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50TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AAS DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES OCTOBER 21-26, 2018 IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

 

REGULAR ABSTRACTS ARE DUE THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018 9:00 PM EDT

 

Registration is now open!

 

Both local and scientific organizing committees are working with AAS

meeting planners to make this meeting a place to share our recent

scientific results and to continue our collaborations with colleagues.

 

More information, as it becomes available, can be found at the meeting website:

https://aas.org/meetings/dps50

 

Here are some key dates to be aware of:

 

26 July 2018 Regular Abstract Deadline, 9:00 PM EDT

31 July 2018 Early Registration Deadline (lowest cost!)

31 July 2018 Exhibit Final Deadline

31 August 2018 Late Abstract Submission Deadline

15 September 2018 Dependent Care Grant Applications Due

 

Note that there will be limited and expensive hotel rooms close to the Knoxville

Convention Center in downtown Knoxville on the Saturday night before the meeting

(Oct 20) due to the home football game between Tennessee and Alabama. The LOC

and AAS staff are working to find meeting space so that workshops can be held on

Saturday October 27. There will be meeting space for workshops at the Knoxville

Convention Center on Sunday October 21 (before the meeting), but it will be

extremely difficult for some people to get into Knoxville early that day (particularly

those coming from the west coast).  Another option for workshop attendees would 

be to stay at a hotel outside of the downtown area on Saturday night.  Workshop 

conveners should consider these constraints and communicate with expected

attendees when deciding on workshop dates and times.

 

Two field trips are being scheduled for Saturday, October 27. Expected

offerings include a visit to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, nearby

caves, and hiking in the Smoky Mountains.

 

We plan to continue offering electronic posters this year. We will also be having a

banquet at the Knoxville Museum of Art and an ice-cream social on Friday afternoon.

 

We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville in October.

 

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DPS 2018 ELECTION REMINDER

 

The 2018 election for DPS Vice-Chair and Committee is now open, and will

close on July 31st 2018.

 

Please remember to vote! 

 

Go to https://aas.org/vote/

You will need your AAS member login ID (which defaults to your membership

number), and your password. 

 

If you have trouble voting on line, the AAS can do a proxy vote and vote on your

behalf (send an e-mail to [email protected]). You will still get an automated email 

confirmation and a separate manual email, both with who you voted for and a

confirmation number. 

 

You should vote for one of the two candidates for Vice Chair:

o Matija Ćuk, SETI Institute

o Amanda Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute

 

The elected Vice Chair will take his/her functions in October 2018 and will

become the DPS Chair in October 2019.

 

You should also vote for two of the four candidates for DPS Committee: 

o Michael Bland

o Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory

o Lucille Le Corre, Planetary Science Institute

o Krista Soderlund, University of Texas

 

The successful candidates will serve on the Committee for three years after

October 2018.

 

The detailed vitae and position statements for each of the candidates is linked

from the main election page,

https://aas.org/vote/

 

It is very important for all DPS Members to participate to these elections, so

please take a moment to vote!

 

Thank you!

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) FACULTY POSITION IN GEOPHYSICS AND GEOCHEMISTRY

     AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)

The MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
invites qualified candidates to apply for a tenure-track faculty 
position. The search is in the broad area of geophysics and 
geochemistry encompassing the Earth and other planetary bodies in the 
solar system. We seek candidates who use theory, observation, and/or 
experimentation and particularly encourage applicants whose work 
crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries. Candidates should have 
the potential for innovation and leadership in research and a 
commitment to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in geoscience or related field by the 
start of employment. Our intent is to hire at the assistant professor 
level, but more senior appointments may also be considered. A complete 
application must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, one- to 
two-page descriptions each of research and teaching plans, and three 
letters of recommendations. We request that in their cover letter, 
applicants explicitly commit to our department’s code of conduct: 

https://eapsweb.mit.edu/about/code-conduct

Submit applications at: 

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11380

To receive full consideration, complete applications must be received 
by November 1, 2018.

Search Contact: 
Ms. Karen Fosher, HR Administrator, EAPS, 54-924
[email protected]

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Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected]) 

 

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Issue 18-28, July 11, 2018

 

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1. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

 

I am looking forward to DPS 2018 in Knoxville in October!

 

A reminder that applications for the Hartmann Student Travel grants are due

at the end of the day on July 12.  Application details are at:  

meetings/hartmann-application

Travel grants are primarily intended for students, but post-doctoral scientists 

without other means of support will also be considered.

 

Also, we invite early career scientists, including undergraduate and graduate 

students, postdocs, others early in their careers, and first-time presenter to 

participate in this year’s Early Career Presenters Review at DPS.  Join this 

educational opportunity to receive feedback from seasoned presenters! 

The DPS Early Career Presenters Review will take place on Sunday afternoon

October 21st and on Monday October 22nd throughout the day.  Early career 

scientists are invited to practice their oral or poster presentation and receive 

feedback before presenting during the regular meeting. Participants also have 

the opportunity to network with their peers and future colleagues. Registration

is free but required for participants: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DPS_18_EC 

Please contact Sanlyn Buxner ([email protected]) with any questions.

 

See you in Knoxville!

 

Cathy Olkin

 

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Issue 18-27, July 10, 2018

 

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1. REMINDER: HARTMANN STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS FOR DPS 50
2. DPS 2018 ELECTION REMINDER
3. INPUT REQUESTED FOR SOLAR SYSTEM SCIENCE WITH ASTROPHYSICS ASSETS
4. NASA SMD SEEKS VOLUNTEER REVIEWERS
5. 2018 FALL AGU SESSION NOTICES
6. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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REMINDER: HARTMANN STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS FOR DPS 50

 

A generous contribution from William K. Hartmann, supplemented by member 

contributions and matching funds from the DPS Committee, has enabled a limited

number of student travel grants to assist participation by early-career scientists at 

the annual DPS meeting.

 

Application details are at:  meetings/hartmann-application

Travel grants are primarily intended for students, but post-doctoral scientists 

without other means of support will also be considered.

 

THE DUE DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JULY 12, 2018 11:59 PM. 

 

The DPS Leadership is also soliciting additional contributions from members

for the Hartmann Fund. Your tax-deductible gift promotes the careers of our

next generation of planetary scientists. Thanks so much for your generosity.

 

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DPS 2018 ELECTION REMINDER

 

The 2018 election for DPS Vice-Chair and Committee is now open, and will

close on July 31st 2018.

 

Please remember to vote! 

 

Go to https://aas.org/vote/

You will need your AAS member login ID (which defaults to your membership

number), and your password. 

 

If you have trouble voting on line, the AAS can do a proxy vote and vote on your

behalf (send an e-mail to [email protected]). You will still get an automated email 

confirmation and a separate manual email, both with who you voted for and a

confirmation number. 

 

You should vote for one of the two candidates for Vice Chair:

o Matija Ćuk, SETI Institute

o Amanda Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute

 

The elected Vice Chair will take his/her functions in October 2018 and will

become the DPS Chair in October 2019.

 

You should also vote for two of the four candidates for DPS Committee: 

o Michael Bland

o Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory

o Lucille Le Corre, Planetary Science Institute

o Krista Soderlund, University of Texas

 

The successful candidates will serve on the Committee for three years after

October 2018.

 

The detailed vitae and position statements for each of the candidates is linked

from the main election page,

https://aas.org/vote/

 

It is very important for all DPS Members to participate to these elections, so

please take a moment to vote!

 

Thank you!

 

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INPUT REQUESTED FOR SOLAR SYSTEM SCIENCE WITH ASTROPHYSICS ASSETS

 

A committee has been established to determine what the capabilities are for 

current/pending/future Astrophysics Assets.  This effort follows a number

of Solar System working groups that were organized for JWST and WFIRST

(among others).  Many lessons learned will carry over to other future missions,

but requirements or desirements for all wavelengths should be considered in

the era of the next large astrophysics mission (e.g. LUVOIR, OST, HabEX,

LYNX, etc). 

 

Goal: to compile a uniform set of basic capabilities and needs to maximize

the yield of Solar System science with future Astrophysics missions while

allowing those missions to achieve their Astrophysics priorities.

 

Here we are seeking input from the community to be considered.  All

recommendations will be considered and compiled into a report for NASA’s

Planetary Science and Astrophysics Divisions to consider.

 

Please fill this form out by August 17.

Form here: https://goo.gl/forms/U21a1LZ3v3cHtUAP2

 

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NASA SMD SEEKS VOLUNTEER REVIEWERS

 

The Science Mission Directorate is seeking volunteers to serve as mail-in 

and/or panel reviewers of proposals submitted to ROSES-2018. 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. 

 

The newly posted volunteer reviewer forms include:​​

 

·       Cassini Data Analysis Program (ROSES C.10)

·       CloudSat and CALIPSO Science Team (ROSES A.30)

·       Earth Science Applications: Water Resources (ROSES A.36)

·       New Frontiers Data Analysis Program (ROSES C.19)

·       Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools (ROSES C.7)

·       Planetary Science and Technology Through Analog Research (ROSES C.14)

 

The names of the programs above should contain links to those individual

review forms, but the landing page with all of the forms may be found at: 

http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/volunteer-review-panels/

 

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2018 FALL AGU SESSION NOTICES

 

A) SESSION P022: ICARUS WORLDS: UNDERSTANDING THE 

     VOLCANIC AND MAGMA OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS OF HIGHLY 

     IRRADIATED AND TIDALLY HEATED ROCKY EXOPLANETS AND 

     PLANETARY SATELLITES 
 

Session Description:

The first characterizable rocky exoplanets in the near future will likely be close-in

rocky worlds around their host stars due to observational advantages stemming

from their short orbital periods and bright day-side infrared flux. The extreme

physical environment these planets will exist in will potentially result in significant

volcanism and local to global surface magma oceans — environments analogous

to early surface conditions of tidally locked planetary satellites in our Solar System.

Interpreting upcoming observations of these worlds requires interdisciplinary

studies that integrate atmospheric and geophysical modeling, field studies of

analogous volcanic environments, and experimental laboratory work. This session

brings together these different communities to inform the types of environments

and processes that may exist on these worlds and their respective observational

properties. Given the additional yield of these planets expected from the TESS

mission and the ability of JWST to characterize them, they are a high priority

for study. 

Conveners: Prabal Saxena, Erika Kohler, Avi Mandell, Jacob A Richardson
 

B) SESSION P056: TITAN: LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING FORWARDS

 

During the Cassini-Huygens mission from 2004 to 2017, Titan was revealed

like never before: from the discovery of surface lakes and seas, dune fields

and rare impact craters; through the meteorology of the neutral atmosphere;

to the chemical melting pot of the ionosphere, where the seeds of organic

particles that cover Titan’s surface are born. Much of the Cassini-Huygens

dataset has only been partially explored, and many more discoveries await

therein. While the Cassini-Huygens dataset is complete, ground and space-based

telescopes continue to point at Titan, and computer modeling and laboratory

experimentation continue apace. Looking further ahead, new missions such

as the proposed APL Dragonfly aerorover, promise that we will not be absent

from Titan for long. In this session, scientific presentations are solicited to

cover the whole spectrum of current Titan research, from interpretation of

past mission data, experimental and observational work, and modeling for

future missions.   

 

Abstracts are due August 1st.

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/47319

 

Conveners:

Conor A Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Alexander Hayes, Cornell University

Kathleen Mandt, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Christophe Sotin, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 

C) SESSION P050: THE ORIGIN, EVOLUTION AND FATE OF COMETS:

     NEW RESULTS FROM ROSETTA, OTHER MISSIONS, AND GROUND-

     BASED OBSERVATIONS 

 

Comets are among the primitive building blocks of the planets, but as they

enter into the inner Solar System, they become dynamical bodies, almost

transient in nature. Some comets have broken up completely (S/L-9 for

example), while others have given up a little of themselves. The recent and

up-close study of 67/P Churyumov –Gerassimenko during its 2015 perihelion

passage has revealed in close detail the types of changes comets undergo as

 they are heated by the sun.

This session will cover the dynamical nature of the nucleus and coma of

67P/ and other comets. The session will also include comparisons between

the results from Rosetta and other missions to understand how comets evolve

through time. Broader topics such as the chemistry of comets and what that

reveals about their origin and diversity are also welcome. Both spacecraft and

ground-based observations are relevant to this session.

 

Convenors: Bonnie J Buratti, NASA JPL/Caltech; Mathieu Choukroun, JPL;

and Matt Taylor, ESA

 

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/48761

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) CORNELL UNIVERSITY: RESEARCH SUPPORT SPECIALIST II     

 

Cornell is a private Ivy League University and the land grant University 

for New York State. The Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary 

Science’s mission is to foster research among astronomers, engineers,

geologists and other researchers with interests relevant to space sciences.

Connected to, and contained within, the Department of Astronomy, the

Center administers research grants and contracts across several Cornell

departments. The Center also aims through public outreach to disseminate

information about space science to students and the general public.

 

The Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science (CCAPS) is

seeking candidates to fill a Research Support Specialist II position expected

to be available this summer. The successful candidate is expected to support

a three to four year project to design, construct, install and commission a

40-beam cryogenically cooled phased array feed system operating at a

frequency of 1.4 GHz (20 cm wavelength) intended for use on the 305 m

Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The responsibilities of the successful

candidate will be to assist in refining the current design of the 1.4 meter

diameter dewar and its associated cooled dipole and low noise amplifier

arrays, take a leading role in organizing the fabrication and procurement

of the dewar, its internal components and the monitor and control system,

and assist with testing of the instrument and planning for its installation on

the telescope. This project is one of several cryogenically cooled instruments

being designed and built in the Center. The following skills are particularly

relevant to the project:

 

1. Mechanical engineering skills including computer aided design (CAD) and thermal analysis (Such as Solid Works) and the preparation of fabrication drawings.
2. Experience with cryogenics and low temperature (20K) refrigerators.
3. A good appreciation of machining issues and the low temperature behavior of materials.
4. Good organization skills and the ability to interact professionally with machining and fabrication firms.
5. Some knowledge of electronics at least at the level of designing and implementing a monitor and control system for the cryostat primarily using off the shelf components.  

 

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with 3-5 years of Experience

CAD Design such as Solid Works Required

Familiarity with Windows

Mac OS X

Linux Systems

 

Apply online at:

https://cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CornellCareerPage/job/Ithaca-Main-Campus/Research-Supp-Spec-II_WDR-00015536-1

 

Provided Benefit Information can be found at:

 

https://hr.cornell.edu/summaries-benefits

 

For Additional Information Please Contact:

Ms. Lynda Sovocool

Finance and Human Resource Manager

Cornell Department of Astronomy

Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science

(PH) 607-255-4342

(F) 607-255-3433

[email protected]

 

Cornell University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Woman and underrepresented  minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.      

  

Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage.  We are 

a recognized employer and  educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, 

and Individuals with Disabilities.

 

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Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected]) 

 

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Issue 18-26, July 2, 2018

 

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1. HARTMANN STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS FOR DPS 50

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HARTMANN STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS FOR DPS 50

 

A generous contribution from William K. Hartmann, supplemented by member 

contributions and matching funds from the DPS Committee, has enabled a limited

number of student travel grants to assist participation by early-career scientists at 

the annual DPS meeting.

 

Application details are at:  meetings/hartmann-application

Travel grants are primarily intended for students, but post-doctoral scientists 

without other means of support will also be considered.

 

The due date for applications is July 12, 2018 11:59 PM. 

 

The DPS Leadership is also soliciting additional contributions from members

for the Hartmann Fund. Your tax-deductible gift promotes the careers of our

next generation of planetary scientists. Thanks so much for your generosity.

 

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Send submissions to: 

Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected]) 

 

You are receiving this email because you are a DPS member.

To unsubscribe or update your information, please send your request

to [email protected]. The more general AAS privacy policy is available

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Issue 18-25, July 1, 2018

 

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1. NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC) MEETING, MONDAY JULY 2, 2018
2. DPS 2018 ELECTION REMINDER
3. NINTH PLANETARY CRATER CONSORTIUM MEETING
4. CALL FOR PAPERS: METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE SPECIAL ISSUE IN HONOR OF DR. CHRISTINE FLOSS
5. 2018 FALL AGU SESSION NOTICES
6. SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR ASTRONOMY 5 – UPDATE

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NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC) MEETING, MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018

 

The NASA Planetary Science Advisory Committee (PAC) will hold its 2nd

meeting on Monday, July 2, 2018 from 1-5pm EDT. 

 

The meeting agenda includes the following topics:

 

– Planetary Science Division Update (L. Glaze, Acting PSD Director)

– Planetary Science Research and Analysis Program (R&A) Update (J. Rall,

   Planetary Science R&A Lead)

– Mars Update (J. Watzin)

– Lunar Update (S. Clarke, S. Noble, D. Schurr) 

 

DPS members are encouraged to attend telephonically and via Webex.

The dial-in information and full agenda can be found at

 

https://smd-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/science-pink/s3fs-public/atoms/files/PAC agenda for July – 2018.pdf

 

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DPS 2018 ELECTION REMINDER

 

The 2018 election for DPS Vice-Chair and Committee is now open, and will

close on July 31st 2018.

 

Please remember to vote! 

 

Go to https://aas.org/vote/

You will need your AAS member login ID (which defaults to your membership

number), and your password. 

 

If you have trouble voting on line, the AAS can do a proxy vote and vote on your

behalf (send an e-mail to [email protected]). You will still get an automated email 

confirmation and a separate manual email, both with who you voted for and a

confirmation number. 

 

You should vote for one of the two candidates for Vice Chair:

o Matija Ćuk, SETI Institute

o Amanda Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute

 

The elected Vice Chair will take his/her functions in October 2018 and will

become the DPS Chair in October 2019.

 

You should also vote for two of the four candidates for DPS Committee: 

o Michael Bland

o Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory

o Lucille Le Corre, Planetary Science Institute

o Krista Soderlund, University of Texas

 

The successful candidates will serve on the Committee for three years after

October 2018.

 

The detailed vitae and position statements for each of the candidates is linked

from the main election page,

https://aas.org/vote/

 

It is very important for all DPS Members to participate to these elections, so

please take a moment to vote!

 

Thank you!

 

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NINTH PLANETARY CRATER CONSORTIUM MEETING

 

The 9th Planetary Crater Consortium meeting will be held August 8-10, 2018,

at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, CO. The Planetary Crater

Consortium is open to all planetary scientists interested in any aspect of

impact cratering on solar system bodies, including observational, theoretical,

experimental, and numerical studies. Contributions on terrestrial impact

crater field studies are encouraged, as well as presentations about cratering

on other solar system bodies. The meeting is a combination of contributed

talks, posters, and open discussion. 

 

Abstract deadline is Wednesday, August 1, 2018. 

 

For more information, see www.planetarycraterconsortium.nau.edu/

or contact Nadine Barlow ([email protected]).

 

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CALL FOR PAPERS: METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE SPECIAL ISSUE IN HONOR OF DR. CHRISTINE FLOSS 

Papers are solicited for a Special Issue of Meteoritics & Planetary Science 

dedicated to the memory of Dr. Christine Floss and organized around the

general theme of “Understanding our solar system history through In-situ

micro- and nano-analysis of extraterrestrial materials.”

 

Submission deadline is December 31, 2018. 

 

For details, please see  http://home.dtm.ciw.edu/users/nittler/flossmaps.html

 

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2018 FALL AGU SESSION NOTICES

 

A) SESSION P048 – THE FUTURE OF PLANETARY ATMOSPHERIC,

SURFACE, AND INTERIOR SCIENCE USING RADIO AND LASER LINKS

 

Session Description: Radio Science techniques have advanced solar system

exploration for over five decades. 

 

In this session, ongoing and planned innovations that will significantly

enhance the field will be presented including planetary atmospheric,

surface, and interior investigations that contribute to expanding the

frontiers of solar system exploration in diverse areas such as

–       determining the thickness of the ice sheets of ocean worlds
–       constraining the interior structures of the planets and small bodies
–       monitoring of planetary atmospheric dynamics and improvement of climate models
–       studying the scattering and other properties of planetary surfaces
–       research in fundamental physics and solar system dynamics.

 

Technology topics include

–       design of small spacecraft networks and constellations

–       advances in flight and ground instrumentation

–       advancement in space clock technologies

–       novel communications architectures including optical links and  advances in radio and laser technologies

–       new techniques and instrumentation for entry probe radio science. 

Session Conveners: 

David H. Atkinson ([email protected]) and Sami Asmar, JPL

Erwan M. Mazarico, NASA GSFC

Luciano Iess, Università La Sapienza

 

Abstract Deadline: August 1, 2018, 11:59 PM EDT

 

B) AGU SESSION P044: SUPER-EARTH DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION
AND MODELING: HOW HABITABLE ARE THEY? 

 

Abstract deadline: August 1, 2018 

 

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/51966  

 

Transit detections and radial velocity measurements have shown the existence

of numerous exoplanets larger than Earth, yet of bulk density comparable to a

rocky world: super-Earths. Within the next two years, the Transiting Exoplanet

Survey Satellite (TESS) mission is expected to significantly increase the number

of super-Earth detections, which will need to be characterized, especially in terms

of their habitability in our search for exo-life. This can be achieved via observations

of multiple types but it also requires a deep knowledge of the physical processes

at play in their interiors to build reliable models. This session seeks to improve

our understanding of super-Earths and their habitability from an observational,

experimental and theoretical perspective through a wide range of disciplines,

including but not limited to planetary sciences, mineral physics, exobiology,

geochemistry and geodynamics. 

 

Conveners

Francois Soubiran (Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon)

Natalia V Solomatova (Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon)

Franck Marchis (SETI Institute)

Anaïs Kobsch (Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon)

 

C) NEW AGU 2018 SESSION “THE NEW MARS UNDERGROUND”

 

Session ID: 51671 
Session Title: P046. “The New Mars Underground”:

Science and Exploration of a New Deep Frontier 

 

The Martian underground within a depth of a few miles is of enormous

interest for planetary sciences. But so far, studies and exploration of Mars’

subsurface have taken a back seat to exploration of its surface. This is

now changing with the imminent Mars InSight (NASA) & ExoMars

(ESA) missions, Mars Sample Return calling for a deeper understanding

of the shallow Mars subsurface, plans for human exploration, and as better

technical capabilities and scientific understanding finally enable accessing

the Mars underground. We seek contributions that encompass the nature

and diversity of Mars crustal subsurface environments (modeling, experiments,

observations) or the tools for exploring them (sounding, drilling, cave

explorer robotics, in situ analysis techniques). Broad themes are related to 

the distribution/cycling of subsurface water (ice/liquid), brines and

other volatiles, the astrobiological (extinct or extant life) and ISRU potential

of Mars’ subsurface, and the technologies and mission concepts that enable

such exploration.

 

Submit here before August 1, 2018, 11:59 PM EDT: 

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/51671

 

Conveners:

Vlada Stamenkovic (JPL), Penny Boston (NASA AMES),

Bob Grimm (SwRI), and Kris Zacny (Honeybee Robotics)

 

D) SESSION P038: RESULTS FROM THE INVESTIGATION OF JUPITER’S ATMOSPHERE BY JUNO AND A SUPPORTING CAMPAIGN OF EARTH-BASED OBSERVATIONS.

     

Primary convener: Glenn S. Orton;

Conveners: Scott Bolton, Cheng Li, Gordon Bjoraker

     NASA’s Juno mission operates a spacecraft in 53-day polar orbits around

Jupiter, with the ultimate goals of understanding Jupiter’s origin and evolution. 

One specific objective is to establish the structure, composition and dynamics

of the deep atmosphere and its relationship with the upper atmosphere.   Juno’s

polar orbit with close approaches near the terminator only a few thousand

kilometers above the cloud tops provides the opportunity to characterize poorly

explored polar regions and to study the characteristics of cloud dynamics and

composition at spatial resolutions as fine as 6 km.   An integral part of Juno’s

exploration is a campaign of Earth-based observations that extend and enhance

spacecraft results by complementing Juno’s spatial, temporal and spectral

coverage.  This session welcomes presentations involving all results obtained

by and in support of the Juno mission, including not only results of Juno and

Earth-supporting observations but also theoretical modeling of atmospheric

structure, composition and dynamics. 

 

E) SESSION SM03: OUR EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING OF AURORAL PROCESSES AND MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS AT JUPITER THROUGH JUNO AND EARTH-BASED OBSERVATIONS

 

Primary convener: Robert Ebert;

Conveners: Scott Bolton, George Clark, Masafumi Imai

     Our view and understanding of Jupiter’s auroras and magnetosphere are

ever-changing as Juno continues to explore these regions in situ with coordinated

efforts from Earth-based observatories such as Hubble, Hisaki, Keck, etc. These

new measurements have illuminated new and exciting discoveries that are

challenging our theoretical ideas. This session seeks submissions covering new

observations and interpretations, theories, and models of Jupiter’s auroral regions,

magnetosphere and/or ionosphere and their connection. Specifically, this session

will cover the following topics: observation and theory of auroral acceleration

including wave-particle interactions; auroral phenomenology, magnetosphere-

ionosphere coupling; plasma sheet dynamics; outer boundary structure and

dynamics, and particle acceleration and transport. This session aims to share

the most recent observations and ideas regarding Jupiter’s magnetosphere,

while providing a forum that takes a multidisciplinary approach to furthering

our knowledge of this system.

 

F) SESSION P049: THE INTERIORS OF JUPITER AND SATURN IN THE ERA OF JUNO AND CASSINI

     

Primary Convener: David Stevenson;

Conveners: Hao Cao, Scott Bolton, Luciano Iess

     The ongoing Juno mission and the recently concluded Cassini mission have

provided a wealth of new measurements (e.g. gravity field, magnetic field,

composition, seismic waves) revealing key aspects of the interiors of Jupiter

and Saturn for the first time. Examining these new measurements from both

planets, separating common themes from specific expressions, is a critical step

towards a coherent understanding of the formation, evolution, and interior

dynamics of giant planets in the solar system and beyond. This session will

bring together observation and interpretation of gravity field, magnetic field,

composition, seismic waves at Jupiter and Saturn. Topics will include depth

of strong differential rotation (zonal flows), helium and heavy element abundance,

generation of intrinsic magnetic field, existence and properties of the central

core, seismic, thermal, and magnetic consequences of stable stratification, as

well as formation scenarios and evolution pathways.

 

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SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR ASTRONOMY 5 – UPDATE

 

SSfA at UH Hawaii – 4 seats available – This year we so far have 18 students and 

therefore plan two sessions for Software Systems for Astronomy 5 on the Big Island 

of Hawaii.  This leaves 4 seats still available.

 

SSfA covers software design and implementation of telescope and instrument

control systems, observation planning tools, and software for analyzing and

archiving astronomical data. SSfA-5 will be offered as a two week intensive

course, 23-Jul to 03-Aug, 2018.
 

Please find special instructions for off-island participants here:

   http://astro.uhh.hawaii.edu/Summer/Summer-2018/ssfa18.php#Special_Summer_Note
 

More information about Software Systems for Astronomy 5 is here:

   http://astro.uhh.hawaii.edu/Summer/Summer-2018/ssfa18.php

More detail about the course is given in the UHH catalog (the course number is 385):

  https://hilo.hawaii.edu/catalog/astr-courses
 

If you have questions, send email to [email protected]

 

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