PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 11, Number 6 (February 5, 2017) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Karen Stockstill-Cahill, Elisabeth Adams, Susan Benecchi Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. 2017 AGU Fellows Nominations Open 2. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM MTRDR and TER Release 5 3. Planetary Geomorphology 'Image of the Month' 4. AMA for the New ESA Planetary Science Archive Interface 5. Final Announcement for the Shock Metamorphism Workshop 6. Extension for Submission Deadline for Icarus Special Issue for Mars Polar Science Conference 7. JpGU-AGU 2017 Session P-PS02: Small Bodies - Exploration of the Asteroid Belt and the Solar System at Large 8. Summer Internships at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL) 9. IAVCEI Session I.1: Planetary Volcanology 10. MPC User Committee 11. 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 2017 AGU FELLOWS NOMINATIONS OPEN The 2017 AGU Fellows nominations is now open. The deadline for submission is set for 15 March 2017. The timeline for the 2017 nominations and committee work is posted at:ite: http://honors.agu.org/fellows/ Some of these dates may change as we move along the process. Sarah T. Stewart President, AGU Planetary Section 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 MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER CRISM MTRDR and TER RELEASE 5 PDS announces the fifth release of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM Targeted Empirical Data Record (TER) and Map-projected Targeted Reduced Data Record (MTRDR) products, at: http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mro/crism.htm This release fills in data from Dec. 22, 2006, through July 20, 2008. TER products are image cubes derived from CRISM hyperspectral targeted observations, post-processed to standardize the illumination and observations geometry and remove atmospheric gas absorptions and instrument artifacts. MTRDRs are the same data map-projected using terrain models of the Martian surface. The next TER/MTRDR release is scheduled for May 1, 2017. Alternatively: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20170131.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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY 'IMAGE OF THE MONTH' The February image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/ This month's topic is "Everything you wanted to know about Martian scoria cones, but were afraid to ask...". Post contributed by Dr. Petr Broz, Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Science. You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology or Twitter @PlanetGeomorpho. Susan Conway (Chair, IAG Planetary Geomorphology working group) 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 AMA FOR THE NEW ESA PLANETARY SCIENCE ARCHIVE INTERFACE OpenPlanetary will host an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) with Sebastien Besse and Isa Barbarisi, respectively Science and Technical Leads of the ESA's Planetary Science Archive, to answer questions and receive feedback about the new user interface and its future development. The AMA online event will take place on the OpenPlanetary Slack (channel: #ama-new-esa-psa) between 5pm and 6pm CET on the 2nd of March 2017. Please find more information at: http://openplanetary.co/blog/community/ama-new-esa-psa.html 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 FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE SHOCK METAMORPHISM WORKSHOP 2017 International Workshop on: Shock Metamorphism in Terrestrial and Extra-Terrestrial Rocks will be held June 26 - July 2 in Perth, Australia, including a field trip to the Wolfe Creek crater in Western Australia. We invite researchers of all backgrounds and interests in studying shock effects in geologic media and impact-related processes in the solar system for this four-day multi-disciplinary workshop. Early bird registration is now open and submissions close 1st May 2017. More info: http://www.sserviaustralia.org/event/shock-metamorphism-in-terrestrial -and-extra-terrestrial-rocks/ 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 EXTENSION FOR SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR ICARUS SPECIAL ISSUE FOR MARS POLAR SCIENCE CONFERENCE As a participant in the recent Sixth Mars Polar Conference, we'd like to let you know that we have extended the deadline for papers for the Conference Special Issue in the journal Icarus. The new due date is 1 March. We hope this enables as many of you as possible to consider submitting your scientific work to the special issue. Papers submitted after the deadline are not guaranteed to be in the special issue. They may be sent to Icarus for normal review. We thank those who have already submitted papers and NOIs and encourage other interested parties to email us to let us know if you are intending to submit a paper. Regards, Adrian Brown (abrown@seti.org) Mike Sori (michael.sori@gmail.com) Isaac Smith (ibsmith@psi.edu) 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 JPGU-AGU 2017 SESSION P-PS02: SMALL BODIES - EXPLORATION OF THE ASTEROID BELT AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM AT LARGE May 20-25, Makuhari Messe http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2017/ Abstract deadline: February 16, 2017 05:00PM JST (UTC/GMT +9hours) Small Solar System bodies, including asteroids, comets, satellites, and interplanetary dust particles have undergone a recent scientific renaissance with new observations that have greatly expanded our understanding of the origin and evolution of our Solar System. This new information comes from telescopic data, and in-situ observations with spacecraft carrying high resolution instruments sensing IR, visible, UV, X-rays, gamma ray photons and neutrons. In addition, Hayabusa 1 has returned samples to earth and Hayabusa 2 and OSIRIS-REx have been sent to return more. In this session, all contributions on small solar system bodies are welcome. We welcome all contributions on recent advances in the study of asteroids whether obtained by rendezvous spacecraft, sample return, analysis of meteorites, remote sensing and laboratory research on analogous materials. Conveners: Eleonora Ammannito (UCLA), Taishi Nakamoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Masanao Abe (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Christopher T. Russell (UCLA), Sei-ichiro Watanabe, (Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University) 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 SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AT JOHNS HOPKINS APPLIED PHYSICS LAB (APL) APL is looking for the next generation of explorers! The 2017 APL NASA Intern Program provides unique opportunities for university students to work on NASA missions or other space-related research projects. The internship program runs 10 weeks in the summer and applications are due March 26; however, selections are made on a continuous basis, so interested students should apply as early as possible. More information is available at: http://www.jhuapl.edu/NASAIntern/ 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 IAVCEI SESSION I.1: PLANETARY VOLCANOLOGY We invite you to submit an abstract to our Planetary Volcanology session at the IAVCEI 2017 Scientific Assembly in Portland, OR on August 14-18, 2017. Volcanic activity is a hallmark of almost every large solid-surface body in the Solar System. Giant volcanoes dominate the surfaces of Venus, Mars, enormous calderas are abundant on Io, and large igneous provinces are major physiographic features of Mercury and the Moon. Each of these bodies also boasts evidence of pyroclastic activity, and evidence of the interplay of volcanic and tectonic processes is widespread. In the outer Solar System, numerous icy satellites (and a dwarf planet) display evidence indicative of cryovolcanic activity. In this session, we solicit contributions exploring the myriad styles of volcanic landforms and processes on Solar System bodies (planets, moons, or asteroids) using field observations, remotely sensed data, laboratory or numerical simulations, or some combination thereof. Please submit your abstract here: http://iavcei2017.org/abstract.html The submission deadline is March 17, 2017. Conveners: Paul K. Byrne (NCSU) DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl (NCSU) Patrick J. McGovern (LPI) We look forward to seeing you in Portland! 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 MPC USER COMMITTEE The Minor Planet Center (MPC) has become a functional sub-node of the Small Bodies Node (SBN) of NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS). As part of that transition, we are creating a User's Advisory Group for the MPC. We would like to include both data providers to the MPC and users of the data produced by MPC. We would also consider an orbital dynamicist who compares his/her results with those of the MPC. At this point we would like to solicit both volunteers and nominees from the community. We anticipate an annual face-to-face meeting at the MPC (in Cambridge, MA) and intervening electronic meetings perhaps 2 or 3 times per year. International, i.e., non-US, members are welcome but we can not use NASA funds for the travel of international members. Please contact both Matt Holman, Director of the MPC, and Mike A'Hearn, PI of the PDS Small Bodies Node, with a very brief statement of your, or your nominee's, relevance to the committee. See the web pages for the MPC: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/mpc.html and/or the SBN: http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html August 14-18, 2017 International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) 2017 Scientific Assembly http://iavcei2017.org Portland, OR October 16-20, 2017 Transformative Science for the Next Decades with the Green Bank Observatory: Big Questions, Large Programs, and New Instruments http://greenbankobservatory.org/transformative-science/ Green Bank, WV [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.html, 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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