PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 5, Number 19 (April 24, 2011)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Susan Benecchi 
Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Melissa Lane
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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1. Attendance Survey: First Kepler Science Conference
2. NEO Workshop Report for Comment
3. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions

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ATTENDANCE SURVEY: FIRST KEPLER SCIENCE CONFERENCE

If you are interested in attending the First Kepler Science Conference,
please complete a short survey at:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TKSPKMG

The First Kepler Science Conference will be held 5-9 December 2011,
hosted by the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.  
The conference will highlight the full range of scientific results 
that have emerged from more than two years of Kepler observations, 
as well as what to expect from continued observations. The meeting 
will consist of 9-10 half-day sessions, each session dedicated to a 
different topic. Topics will include:

 -The Kepler Mission and Exoplanet Statistics
 -Earth-analog and sub-Neptune-size Planets
 -Multiple Planet Systems
 -Exoplanet Theory
 -Giant Planets and Planet Atmospheres
 -Eclipsing and Interacting Binaries
 -Stellar Activity
 -Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram
 -Red Giant Oscillations
 -Asteroseismology of Solar-type Stars

The conference website is: 

http://kepler.nasa.gov/Science/ForScientists/keplerconference/

Science Organizing Committee:
Matt Holman (Chair), Alan Boss, Doug Caldwell, David Ciardi, 
Jessie Dotson, Dawn Gelino, Ron Gililand, Martin Still, 
Jason Steffen, Bill Welsh

Local Organizing Committee:
Rho Christensen and Mark Messersmith (Co-Chairs), Edna DeVore, 
Pamela Harman


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NEO WORKSHOP REPORT FOR COMMENT

The Target NEO: Open Global Community Workshop draft report has been 
placed on line and is open for review and comment.  To access the 
draft report please visit the Target NEO home page at:

http://www.targetneo.org/

There are two ways to provide feedback/comments.  For open discussion, 
a Google Discussion group has been set up at:

http://groups.google.com/group/2011-target-neo-workshop

For those wishing to provide feedback/comments in a less public forum 
please send all comments to the following e-mail address:

info@targetneo.org

Please note that the open comment period ends after May 16.

All comments, feedback, and suggestions are welcome!


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

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

July 4-8, 2011
SKA Science and Frontiers of Astronomy in the Era of Massive Datasets: 
The Promise and Challenges
http://www.ska2011.org/Home.html
Banff, Canada

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


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