PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 10, Number 30 (July 17, 2016) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Karen R. Stockstill-Cahill Co-Editors: Susan Benecchi, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. 2nd Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science: Astrophysics of Exoplanetary Atmospheres 2. AGU 2016 Session P004: Cometary Processes in the Light of Rosetta 3. AGU 2016 Session P006: Detection and Direct Imaging of Habitable Exoplanets - Progress and Future 4. AGU 2016 Session P014: In the Name of Jove - Giant Planet Interiors, Atmospheres, Aurorae, and Ionospheres 5. AGU 2016 Session P017: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Seven Years at the Moon 6. AGU 2016 Session P026: Solar System Small Bodies - Relics of Formation and New Worlds to Explore 7. AGU 2016 Session P030: The Early Mars Environment - Warm and Wet, Cold and Wet, or Cold and Icy? 8. AGU 2016 Session EP024: Linking Sediment Transport and Geophysical Flows to Planetary Surface Evolution 9. AGU 2016 Session PP038: Regulation of CO2 and Climate on Earth and Other Planets 10. Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) Exoplanet Biosignatures Workshop Without Walls 11. [NASA] PDS - Rosetta and New Horizons Data Releases by the Small Bodies Node 12. [NASA] Draft AO for Astrophysics Explorers Program 2016 Medium Explorer (MIDEX) Missions Released for Community Comment 13. Summer School in Software Systems for Astronomy 14. 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 2nd ADVANCED SCHOOL ON EXOPLANETARY SCIENCE: ASTROPHYSICS OF EXOPLANETARY ATMOSPHERES The 2nd Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science will be held at the International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies (IIASS) in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno), Italy from 22 to 26 May, 2017. The School - taking place in the enchanting Amalfi Coast - is aimed to provide a comprehensive, state-of-the-art picture of a variety of relevant aspects of the fast-developing, highly interdisciplinary field of exoplanets research. The Lecture topics of the 2nd year of School will be focused on the atmospheres of exoplanets. The Lectures will be delivered by four senior researchers to an audience of graduate students, Ph.D. students and young post-docs. Lecturers: Jonathan Fortney, University of California, USA David Sing, University of Exeter, UK Jonathan Tennyson, University College London, UK Davide Grassi INAF - IAPS, Italy Organisers: Valerio Bozza, University of Salerno, Italy Luigi Mancini, MPIA, Germany Alessandro Sozzetti, INAF - OATO, Italy Keywords: exoplanets, exoplanet atmospheric models, exoplanet-atmosphere observational techniques, molecular spectroscopy, solar-system atmospheres 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 AGU 2016 SESSION P004: COMETARY PROCESSES IN THE LIGHT OF ROSETTA Conveners: Bonnie Buratti, Mathieu Choukroun, Matt Taylor, and Nicolas Altobelli The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will make an unprecedented controlled crash onto comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in late September 2016, providing close scrutiny of the comet until the very end. This session will focus on scientific results from this final stage of Rosetta's life. The session will also include correlative studies among instruments from all phases of the mission; studies that incorporate ground-based observations for better temporal coverage and perspective; theoretical modeling of cometary processes; and interrelationships among comets and other small bodies. AGU abstracts are due no later than 3 August. 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 AGU 2016 SESSION P006: DETECTION AND DIRECT IMAGING OF HABITABLE EXOPLANETS - PROGRESS AND FUTURE We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our session entitled "Detection And Direct Imaging Of Habitable Exoplanets: Progress And Future" scheduled at the AGU Fall Meeting at San Francisco, December 12-16 2016. Abstract deadline: 3 August 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13664 This session consists in a discussion on the potential of new and future facilities and modeling efforts designed to detect, image and characterize habitable exoplanets, studying their formation, evolution and also the existence of possible biospheres. Topics to be covered in this session include signs of exoplanet habitability and global biosignatures that can be sought with upcoming instrumentation; instrument requirements and technologies to detect these markers; strategies for target selection and prioritization; and impacts of planetary system properties, ground-based and space telescope architectures, and impacts of instrument capabilities on the yield of potentially inhabited exoplanets. Conveners: Franck Marchis (SETI Institute), Ramses M. Ramirez (Cornell University), Douglas Caldwell (SETI Institute) 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 AGU 2016 SESSION P014: IN THE NAME OF JOVE - GIANT PLANET INTERIORS, ATMOSPHERES, AURORAE, AND IONOSPHERES We solicit abstracts to a session at AGU 2016 Fall Meeting to be submitted to the session titled: "P014: In the Name of Jove: Giant Planet Interiors, Atmospheres, Aurorae, and Ionospheres" Topics appropriate for the session are new research findings about the magnetospheres, ionospheres, aurorae, neutral atmospheres and deep interiors of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. A special focus of our session is the results returned during "Grand Finale" phase of Cassini mission to Saturn. Scientific results returned by the Juno Mission should be submitted to the Juno special session (P015). Other sources of data to be covered in our session include the continuing observation by the Cassini spacecraft, and other recent space- and ground-based observation. We solicit long-term monitoring using ground- and space-based telescopes studies for all giant planets. We also encourage reports of recent activities at Uranus and Neptune. In addition, we solicit modeling and theoretical presentations that address these observational findings. Primary Convener: Kunio M Sayanagi (kunio.sayanagi@hamptonu.edu), Hampton University Conveners: Scott J Bolton, Southwest Research Institute; Sarah Victoria Badman, University of Lancaster, and Scott G Edgington, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory [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 AGU 2016 SESSION P017: LUNAR AND RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER - SEVEN YEARS AT THE MOON We invite contributions to an AGU session highlighting recent work using LRO data. In over seven years of operation, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has returned a vast quantity of data collected across the Moon. These data are revolutionizing our view of fundamental processes that operate throughout the Solar System - some that are ongoing today and others that are billions of years old. The longevity of LRO has uniquely enabled the innovative use of its instrument suite to address new questions, including those of contemporary processes (e.g., impact cratering, volatile migration) with changes observable by LRO and broad implications for other planetary bodies. This session will highlight research that makes use of (or otherwise benefits from) LRO data. To submit an abstract visit: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13940 Thank you! Brett Denevi, Ben Greenhagen, Julie Stopar, and Noah Petro 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 AGU 2016 SESSION P026: SOLAR SYSTEM SMALL BODIES - RELICS OF FORMATION AND NEW WORLDS TO EXPLORE We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our session entitled "Solar System Small Bodies: Relics of Formation and New Worlds to Explore" scheduled at the AGU Fall Meeting at San Francisco, December 12-16 2016. Abstract deadline: 3 August 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13304 The composition and physical properties of Small Solar System Bodies (SSSBs), remnants of the formation of planets, are key to better understand our solar system. Increased knowledge of their surface properties and their potential as resources are also necessary to prepare for robotic and human exploration. Hints about the internal structure and composition of SSSBs have been acquired recently thanks to flyby/rendezvous data from space missions, study of complex multiple asteroid systems, or close encounter between asteroids. This session welcomes abstracts on the results bringing information on the internal structure and composition of SSSBs based on space and ground- based data, numerical models, as well as instrument/mission concepts in the prospect of future exploration. Conveners: Franck Marchis(SETI Institute & Iris AO), Julie C. Castillo (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher (Space Science Institute) 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 AGU 2016 SESSION P030: THE EARLY MARS ENVIRONMENT - WARM AND WET, COLD AND WET, OR COLD AND ICY? We invite contributions from climate modeling, geomorphology, geochemistry and mineralogy that address the question of whether early Mars climate was "warm and wet", "cold and wet" or "cold and icy". This session will focus on both sharing new results from different perspectives and fostering communication among the community. For more information, visit: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13359 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 12-16. The submission deadline is August 3, 2016. Conveners: Alberto G. Fairen, Stephen M. Clifford and James F. Kasting 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 AGU 2016 SESSION EP024: LINKING SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS TO PLANETARY SURFACE EVOLUTION We invite contributions to session EP024 (details below) at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. The session is cross-listed with Planetary Sciences. Planetary missions over the past decade have revealed that while planetary bodies across the solar system differ greatly in surface conditions, their landscapes share some striking similarities to those on Earth. Understanding the feedbacks between how geophysical flows and sediment transport processes affect landscape evolution is necessary for constraining the current and past climatic conditions of planetary surfaces. We invite contributions from research exploring these interplays using remote sensing data from surface or orbital missions, numerical modeling, laboratory experiments, Earth analog studies, or some combination thereof. Invited Speakers: Edwin Kite (University of Chicago) and Tjalling de Haas (Utrecht University) Conveners: Marisa Palucis, Alexander Morgan and Orkan Umurhan 9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9 AGU 2016 SESSION PP038: REGULATION OF CO2 AND CLIMATE ON EARTH AND OTHER PLANETS We invite contributions to a session focused on the regulation of climate on Earth-like planets through the carbon cycle. Submission deadline: August 3, 2016. Session Title: What processes regulate atmospheric carbon dioxide, and stabilize climate, on Earth and other planets (Session ID#: PP038) https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session12973.html Description: It is generally thought that a negative feedback mechanism involving silicate mineral dissolution and carbonate precipitation regulates atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on Earth to maintain a habitable climate over geologic time. The same is likely to be true on rocky exoplanets. However, despite decades of research, there is still debate about how this feedback mechanism works. For example, the relative importance for carbon dioxide consumption of the dissolution of silicate minerals on the continents versus at the seafloor is debated, as is the importance of organic carbon burial. Similarly, the processes that modify global weathering feedbacks, such as changes in lithology at the planet's surface, are poorly constrained. This session invites contributions that address our understanding of the long-term carbon cycle and climate on Earth and other planetary bodies from a diverse range of approaches and time periods. Contributions from laboratory, field or modeling studies are welcome. Convenors: Laurence Coogan (University of Victoria), David Catling (University of Washington, Seattle), John Higgins (Princeton University), A. Joshua West (Univ. of Southern California) 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 NEXUS FOR EXOPLANET SYSTEM SCIENCE (NExSS) EXOPLANET BIOSIGNATURES WORKSHOP WITHOUT WALLS July 27-29, 2016 Seattle, WA Remote participation open to all https://nexss.info/community/workshops/exoplanet-biosignatures-workshop The goal of this workshop is to advance the science and technology for remote detection of planetary biosignatures. Pre-workshop online activities in three pairs of videoconference sessions to review the State of the Science have been conducted during June 13-July 15 (video archives now online). These set the foundation for the Seattle meeting to discuss how to advance the science of atmospheric biosignatures, surface biosignatures, and observational technologies. Participants will contribute to a workshop report and white paper. Thanks, Nancy Kiang 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 [NASA] PDS - ROSETTA AND NEW HORIZONS DATA RELEASES BY THE SMALL BODIES NODE Small Bodies Node of the NASA Planetary Data System is pleased to announce that the following Rosetta-Orbiter datasets for comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko have been released: * OSIRIS Narrow and Wide Angle Camera Prelanding Raw and Calibrated Data * OSIRIS Narrow and Wide Angle Camera Escort 1 Raw and Calibrated Data * MIRO Escort 1 Raw and Calibrated Data * RPCLAP Escort 1 Edited and Calibrated Data * RPCMAG Prelanding and Escort 1-4 Raw, Calibrated and Resampled Data * VIRTIS Prelanding Raw Data * NavCam Escort 2-3, and Extension 1-2 Raw Data The datasets are ESA PSA certified. To see and download the data as well as mission and instrument information, go to: http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/ The data can be also accessed through the ESA PSA website: http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=PSA&page=rosetta PDS Small Bodies Node has also released Pluto Encounter data for the following New Horizons mission instruments: * Alice Raw and Calibrated Data * LEISA Raw and Calibrated Data * LORRI Raw and Calibrated Data * MVIC Raw and Calibrated Data * PEPSSI Raw and Calibrated Data The datasets are released as PDS certified, in lien resolution. 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 [NASA] DRAFT AO FOR ASTROPHYSICS EXPLORERS PROGRAM 2016 MEDIUM EXPLORER (MIDEX) MISSIONS RELEASED FOR COMMUNITY COMMENT Release Date: July 14, 2016 Comments Due: August 4, 2016 Identification Number: NNH16ZDA006J Upon the release date, the full text of the draft solicitation will be available at: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ The Astrophysics Explorers Program conducts Principal Investigator (PI)-led space science investigations relevant to SMD's astrophysics programs. Explorer investigations must address NASA's goals to discover the origin, structure, evolution, and destiny of the Universe and search for Earth-like planets. Participation is open to all categories of organizations or institutions, U.S. or non-U.S., including educational, industrial, and not-for-profit institutions, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), NASA Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and other Government agencies. Comments on the draft may be addressed by E-mail to the Astrophysics Explorers Program Scientist, Dr. Wilton T. Sanders, E-mail: wilton.t.sanders@nasa.gov (subject line to read "MIDEX AO"). Responses to all inquiries will be answered by E-mail and also posted weekly at the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) location of the Astrophysics Explorer Program Acquisition website at http://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/APMIDEX2016/MIDEX/ Anonymity of persons/institutions who submit questions will be preserved. [Edited for length] 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 SUMMER SCHOOL IN SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR ASTRONOMY The University of Hawai'i at Hilo Physics and Astronomy Department offers the two week course (July 25 - August 5). The course covers software design and implementation of telescope and instrument control systems, observation planning tools, and software for analyzing and archiving astronomical data. A full course description and instructions for enrollment are given at: http://phys.uhh.hawaii.edu/Summer2016/summer2016.php There is currently room for two more students. When those seats are filled registration will be closed. 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS November 1-3, 2016 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/leag2016/ Columbia, MD May 22-26, 2017 Astrophysics of Exoplanetary Atmospheres http://www.mpia.de/~ASES2/ases2 Vietri sul Mare, Italy [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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