PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 2, Number 30 (June 15, 2008)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Nic Richmond
Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Matt Balme
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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1. [NASA] June 2008 Discovery and New Frontiers Newsletter Released 
2. Solar-Extrasolar Planet Formation Meeting at Ames
3. Call for Papers "Cosmic Dust: Its Formation and Evolution"
4. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions

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[NASA] JUNE 2008 DISCOVERY AND NEW FRONTIERS NEWSLETTER RELEASED

Fault Management Specialists Gather to Identify Issues, Consider
Future Directions
Genesis Announces Major Finding
MESSENGER Prepares for 2nd Mercury Encounter
New Horizons Hibernates While Humans Continue Working
Dawn Cruises Toward Vesta
EPOXI Observations Carry On
Stardust Team Receives Prestigious Award While Spacecraft Proceeds
Onto NExT Phase
ASPERA-3 Team Meets in Sweden
Juno Holds Design Review
JPL Open House Photos
Kepler on Track for February Launch
Moon Mineralogy Mapper Launch Date Delayed
GRAIL Contiues Mission Definition
Discovery Video Win Communicator Award

Go to:

http://discoverynewfrontiers.nasa.gov/news/newsletters

to view and subscribe.

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spacecraft!

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SOLAR-EXTRASOLAR PLANET FORMATION MEETING AT AMES

Dear colleagues,

This is the first announcement of a solar-extrasolar planet formation
meeting to take place at NASA Ames on the 5-6 (and possibly 7
depending on the level of interest) of February 2009.
interest) of February 2009.

Reconciling observations of extrasolar planets with those of the solar
system will engage the efforts of planetary formation observers and
theorists for the forseeable future. The aim of this meeting is to
promote cross-fertilization between the extrasolar and the solar
planetary communities. The topics will include both theoretical and 
observational characterization of protostars and planets. The 
emphasis of the meeting will be to compare and contrast planetary
systems. Ideally, constraints derived from diverse planetary systems
will be complementary; yet, the extent to which such systems can be
viewed under a common prism remains to be clarified. Talks seeking
to shed light on this issue will be particularly encouraged.

If you would like to attend this meeting please contact me at
mosqueir@cosmic.arc.nasa.gov

We look forward to an exciting and productive meeting.

Sincerely,
Ignacio Mosqueira


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CALL FOR PAPERS "COSMIC DUST: ITS FORMATION AND EVOLUTION"

Special Issue of Earth, Planets and Space (EPS)

This issue of EPS will be devoted to the session "Cosmic Dust: Its 
Formation and Evolution" of the AOGS 2008 meeting held in Busan, South
Korea, but it is open to submission of papers from other authors.

Contributions can discuss any aspect of cosmic dust including cometary
dust, asteroidal dust, interplanetary dust, circumplanetary dust, 
presolar grains, IDPs, micrometeorites, meteoroids, meteors, and 
regolith particles.

The deadline for manuscript submissions is July 31, 2008. For 
details please visit: 

http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS 

and click on "Information for Contributors." 

The cover letter should mention "Submitted to the Special Issue: 
Cosmic Dust."

For more information on this special issue, please contact the 
corresponding editor H. Kimura:

hiroshi_kimura@lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp 


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html

No new meetings.

[Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or
workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, please
send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor at psi.edu.]


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