PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 9, Number 46 (November 15, 2015) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Melissa Lane Co-Editors: Susan Benecchi, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Planetary Maps Designed for Children 2. The 4th Workshop on Binaries in the Solar System 3. PhD Opportunity in Australia 4. W. O. Crosby Postdoctoral Fellowship, MIT 5. EGU Session Announcement 6. Humans to Mars (H2M) Summit 7. EGU 2016 Deadline for Support Application - Mars Session 8. 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 PLANETARY MAPS DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN Planetary maps designed for children are available for free download at: https://childrensmaps.wordpress.com/ 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 THE 4th WORKSHOP ON BINARIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2016 June 21-23 in Prague, Czech Republic Vila Lanna http://www.vila-lanna.cz/ Purpose: 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. To maintain the small meeting atmosphere that has made the previous Binary workshops successful, the number of participants will be capped at 50. Registration: Please register early. The participation fee is 5400 CZK (approx. 200 EUR, or 225 USD). The registration will be closed on April 20 or when the number of participants reaches 50. LCO: Petr Pravec, Petr Scheirich, Josef Durech, and Alan Harris SOC: Alan Harris, Petr Prave, Al Conrad, Agnieszka Kryszczynska, Bill Merline, Mike Nolan, Keith Noll, and Dan Scheeres Further Information: http://binaries4-mtg.asu.cas.cz/ (mirror site) http://www.boulder.swri.edu/binaries4-mtg/ [Edited for length] 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 PHD OPPORTUNITY IN AUSTRALIA The Geoscience Atom Probe facility and Department of Applied Geology at Curtin University is offering up to three international or domestic PhD scholarships (plus stipend) related to the development and application of atom probe microscopy of geological materials. The PhDs will form part of a major research initiative, the Advanced Resource Characterisation Facility (ARCF), to develop new technologies for geoscience research. The initiative represents a major collaborative investment by the Science and Industry Endowment Fund, Curtin University, the CSIRO and the University of Western Australia. The deadline for applications is 30 November, but candidates may be considered after this date if suitable applications are not received by the deadline. Details of the specific projects and contacts are available at: http://www.geoscienceatomprobe.org/phd-opportunities.html 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 W. O. CROSBY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, MIT The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) invites applications for the W. O. Crosby Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship supports exceptional early-career scientists in the fields of geology, geochemistry, or geobiology. Crosby Fellows pursue independent research but are encouraged to collaborate with one or more researchers in the department. A faculty mentor hosts each fellow. Prospective fellows are encouraged to contact members of the department to discuss possible collaborations. The fellowship term is two years, and includes an annual stipend of $62,000 plus an allowance of up to $7,000 per year for research, relocation and health care expenses. The start date is flexible, but should ideally fall between June 1, 2016 and January 31, 2017. Applicants must have obtained a Ph.D. by the start date, but not more than three years before the start date. Applications are due by December 1, 2015, and must include a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a two-page plan of research to be conducted during the fellowship, and three reference letters. A description of the application process is at: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/crosby MIT is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. [Edited for length] 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 EGU SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT Dear colleagues, In light of recent work on Mars, we hope that PEN readers may consider submitting to the ‘Subglacial Landform and Terrain Morphometry, Genesis, and Glaciological Significance’ session co-organized by the Cryospheric Sciences and Geomorphology divisions (CR4.4/GM10.6) at the EGU 2016 General Assembly (Vienna, 12-22 April). This session aims to bring together people working on any aspect of subglacial terrain and landform morphometry and genesis. We invite contributions that include, but are not limited to: - Morphometric inventories of subglacial landforms; - The morphometric characterization of subglacial terrain as a continuous field (e.g., subglacial roughness); - Morphometric method development (e.g., mapping methodologies; new metrics); - Subglacial terrain/landform DEM creation and processing (e.g., SfM DEMs; palaeo topography reconstruction; DEM preprocessing); - Subglacial sediment-landform associations; - Subglacial landform genetic models and their testing; - The use of subglacial landforms in palaeoglaciological reconstructions; - Observations from contemporary subglacial environments Full session description at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/21463 The abstract submission deadline is January 13th 2016, 13:00 CET. The deadline for Support applications is December 1, 2015. For details, see: http://egu2016.eu/support_and_destinction.html Session conveners: Marco Jorge , Tracy Brennand, John Hillier, Matteo Spagnolo, Robert Storrar. [Edited for length] 6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 HUMANS TO MARS (H2M) SUMMIT Register Today for the 2016 Humans to Mars Summit (H2M). Join us at the Humans to Mars Summit (H2M) that will be held from May 17-19, 2016 at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. H2M is an annual Mars exploration conference that addresses the major technical, scientific, and policy challenges that need to be overcome in order to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. It is the most comprehensive conference in the world focused on landing humans on Mars, and the 2016 H2M is shaping up to be the biggest H2M yet. Confirmed and tentative speakers already include Dava Newman, Buzz Aldrin, Ellen Stofan, Bill Nye ("The Science Guy"), James Green, Miles O'Brien (PBS, CNN), Penelope Boston, 'Astronaut Abby' Harrison, Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne), and many more. Register today at: http://h2m.exploremars.org 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 EGU 2016 DEADLINE FOR SUPPORT APPLICATION - MARS SESSION Application deadline: December 1, 2015 If you plan to come to the EGU general assembly in Vienna (17-22 April 2016), and you are an "early career scientist", you may apply for financial support for the conference fees and a participation to the travel expenses. For this, you need to submit your abstract early, before December 1, while the general abstract deadline is January 13. We invite you to send your abstracts to the session PS2.3 Mars Science and Exploration! Please find the direct link at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/20379 Dmitri Titov, Håkan Svedhem and Damien Loizeau, conveners of the session. 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS March 6-9, 2016 Science with the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) https://events.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/indico/event/8/ Ringberg, Germany April 25-30, 2016 23rd Young Scientists' Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics http://ysc.kiev.ua Kyiv, Ukraine July 17-27, 2016 IVth Azores International Advanced School "Asteroseismology and Exoplanets: Listening to the Stars and Searching for New Worlds" http://www.iastro.pt/research/conferences/faial2016/ Azores, Portugal July 31-Aug 5, 2016 13th Annual Meeting - Asia Oceania Geosciences Society http://http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2016/public.asp?page=home.htm Beijing, China [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.] *********************************************************************** * 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.php, or * send a request to pen_editor at psi.edu * * To unsubscribe, send an email to pen_editor at psi.edu * * 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. 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