PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Number 62 (December 27, 2009) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Melissa Lane Co-Editors: Nic Richmond, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Workshop Announcement: Mars III, Les Houches, France 2. Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Planetary Analogs 3. Digitized Lunar Orbiter Data Available Online in the Planetary Data System 4. Call for Abstracts: Laboratory Planetary Sciences at AOGS 2010 5. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions o---------------------------------------------------------------------o 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: MARS III, LES HOUCHES, FRANCE The Mars III workshop will be held in Les Houches, France, from March 28 - April 2, 2010. The program is available at: http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=MARSEXPRESS&page= planet_mars3 Contact: owitasse @ rssd.esa.int 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 SECOND INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY DUNES WORKSHOP: PLANETARY ANALOGS - INTEGRATING MODELS, REMOTE SENSING, AND FIELD DATA Workshop will be held May 18-21, 2010 at the Inn of the Rio Grande in Alamosa, Colorado. The workshop will also include a one-day field trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/dunes2010/dunes20101st.shtml 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 DIGITIZED LUNAR ORBITER DATA AVAILABLE ONLINE IN THE PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM A Planetary Data System (PDS) archive of digitized Lunar Orbiter (LO) data from missions III, IV, and V is available online at http://pdsmaps.wr.usgs.gov/PDS/public/lunar_orbiter/LO_Archive.html Data for this archive were created at USGS by scanning film strips at 25 microns, constructing frame mosaics, performing cosmetic correction (including stripe removal), and map-projecting the frames. Included in this archive are LO digitized film strips and various levels of processed data, as well as documentation describing the LO mission, instruments, and processing steps. Please check the above Web site for updates to the archive as it is populated. This archive complements the online Lunar Orbiter data projects at USGS: http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/LunarOrbiterDigitization/) and at LPI: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/ This work was carried out by the Astrogeology Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona, with funding from the Cartography Program of the NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics and the NASA Lunar Precursor Robotic Programs. 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: LABORATORY PLANETARY SCIENCES AT AOGS 2010 Meeting is July 5-9, 2010 in Hyderabad, India Session: PS09 Laboratory Planetary Sciences Abstract deadline: 1 March 2010 Conveners: David Huestis (david.huestis@sri.com), Robert Wu, Xianming Liu, and Danie Liang Session URL: http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2010/mars/confSessionView.asp?sID=24 Conference: URL: http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2010/ Research themes for this session - all spectral ranges of laboratory investigations - particle and radiation interaction with all phases of matter - theoretical and laboratory cross sections and reaction rates - application to planetary, cometary, and astronomical observations 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS May 4-7, 2010 Herschel First Results Symposium (ESLAB 2010) http://herschel.esac.esa.int/FirstResultsSymposium.shtml Noordwijk, The Netherlands May 18-21, 2010 Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Planetary Analogs - Integrating Models, Remote Sensing, and Field Data http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/dunes2010/dunes20101st.shtml Alamosa, CO [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.] *********************************************************************** * * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at * * http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.html * * To unsubscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_unsubscribe.html * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor at psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. Go to the PEN website for submission directions. ************************************************************************