PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 11, Number 17 (April 23, 2017) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Karen Stockstill-Cahill, Elisabeth Adams Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Europa Lander Town Hall at AbSciCon 2. Roadmaps to Ocean Worlds (ROW) Townhall at AbSciCon 3. Lunar and Small Bodies Graduate Conference 2017 4. Ph.D. Opportunity in Martian Geochemistry 5. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner GCPs 6. NASA Frontier Development Lab Call for Applicants 7. Postdoctoral Position in Planet Formation at SwRI Boulder 8. [NASA] New Internet Addresses for PDS Discipline Nodes 9. Summer School in Software Systems for Astronomy 10. 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 EUROPA LANDER TOWN HALL AT ABSCICON The previous notice of the NASA Town Hall at AbSciCon to discuss the Europa lander SDT report neglected to provide a date. The town hall is Sunday, April 23, at 12:30 PM MST=PDT. The webex information is once again given below. For questions please contact Dr. Curt Niebur at curt.niebur@nasa.gov. Webex information Meeting Link: https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/j.php?MTID =m87b0c6e539ca2b2adbaa81438321ca4a Meeting number: 992 222 852 Meeting password: W@lc0m31 Audio connection: Teleconference #: 888-989-9784 Participant Passcode: 7070481 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 ROADMAPS TO OCEAN WORLDS (ROW) TOWNHALL AT ABSCICON The Roadmaps to Ocean Worlds (ROW) team was chartered by OPAG to identify science objectives for Ocean Worlds and to design a roadmap (or roadmaps) to explore these worlds to address the identified science objectives. We will be holding a ROW townhall at AbSciCon (Monday, April 24, 12:15-1:15PM) to share our progress and allow for astrobiology community input. We hope to see you there! Amanda Hendrix (arh@psi.edu) Terry Hurford (terry.a.hurford@nasa.gov) 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 LUNAR AND SMALL BODIES GRADUATE CONFERENCE 2017 Abstract Subsmission Deadline: June 2 Registration is now open for the 8th Annual Lunar and Small Bodies Graduate Conference (LunGradCon 2017) to be held on Monday, July 17, 2017 at the NASA Ames Research Center, preceding the NASA Exploration Science Forum (ESF, July 18-20). With the expanded interests of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), the scope of this year's LunGradCon includes both lunar and small body science. LunGradCon provides an opportunity for grad students and early-career postdocs to present their research on lunar and small body science in a low-stress, friendly environment, being critiqued only by their peers. In addition to oral presentations, the conference presents opportunities for professional development and networking with fellow grad students and postdocs, as well as senior members of SSERVI. A limited amount of funding will be provided for travel and lodging costs. The deadline for registration and abstract submission is June 2, 2016, 11:59 PM PDT. Note the abstract deadline for ESF is April 19. For more details, please visit: http://impact.colorado.edu/lungradcon/2017/ or email any questions to: lungradcon@gmail.com 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 PH.D. OPPORTUNITY IN MARTIAN GEOCHEMISTRY Wesleyan University has funding for a student to complete a Ph.D. in the Department of Chemistry with a Concentration in Planetary Science. The program of study will be tailored to include a relevant geoscience curriculum. The proposed project is to create a series of Mars analogue brines and precipitate them under terrestrial and martian conditions in a Mars chamber. Visible - near-infrared spectra of the precipitates will then be compared to similar data collected in Mars orbit. The research will be under the tutelage of Prof. Gilmore in the Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences. The opening is available for Fall of 2017. Please apply to the Chemistry Department at: http://www.wesleyan.edu/grad/ Applications will be reviewed as they are received. More information about Planetary Sciences at Wesleyan may be found at: http://www.wesleyan.edu/planetary/ Please direct all inquiries to: Prof. Martha Gilmore mgilmore@wesleyan.edu 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 LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DIVINER GCPS The Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been acquiring solar reflectance and mid-infrared radiance measurements of the lunar surface nearly continuously since July 2009. All nadir-pointing observations acquired over the first 5.5 years of the mission, approximately a quarter trillion calibrated radiance measurements, have been compiled into a 0.5 degree resolution global data set with a 0.25 hour local time resolution. This provides a coarse diurnal temperature cycle for each map pixel location. These Global Cumulative Products (GCPs) have been released as a new Diviner data set on the NASA Planetary Data System Geosciences Node http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/lro/diviner.htm This data set significantly lowers the level of effort for data users to incorporate Diviner results into their research or presentations. Maps generated with this data set provide a global perspective of the Moon's surface energy balance. Further details of the data set and how it can be applied to conduct lunar science can be found in Williams et al (2017), The global surface temperatures of the Moon as measured by the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, Icarus, 283, 300-325, and will be presented at the 3rd Planetary Data Workshop occurring June 12-15 in Flagstaff, AZ. 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 NASA FRONTIER DEVELOPMENT LAB CALL FOR APPLICANTS NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) has announced its 2017 challenges and opened the application process for participants. FDL is looking for planetary scientists and computer or data scientists with hands-on skills in machine learning, DNNs and other algorithmic approaches. Applicants must have a masters, doctorate or post-doc level of understanding in this year's problem areas (Heliophysics, Astronomy, Exogeology, Data Science, Software Engineering or Advanced Statistics). Hosted by the SETI Institute and NASA Ames, FDL is an artificial intelligence accelerator established to tackle knowledge gaps in space science by bringing together machine learning expertise and physical science specialists. Interdisciplinary teams address tightly defined problems and the format encourages rapid iteration and prototyping to create outputs with meaningful application. The 2017 8-week program will accept 24 participants and will run June 26 - August 18, 2017. To learn more about FDL, the 2017 challenge questions, and to apply, please visit the FDL website at frontierdevelopmentlab.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 POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN PLANET FORMATION AT SWRI BOULDER There is an open postdoctoral research position open at Southwest Research Institute's office in Boulder Colorado to work with Hal Levison and Kevin Walsh on a variety of topics related to Planet Formation. More details and application information can be found at: https://resapp.swri.org/ResApp/Job_Search_Results.aspx?DETAIL=15-01225 and https://resapp.swri.org/ResApp/Job_Search_Results.aspx?DETAIL=15-01226 Contact: Kevin Walsh: kwalsh@boulder.swri.edu Closing date: Open until filled - review of candidates begins 10-May-2017 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 [NASA] NEW INTERNET ADDRESSES FOR PDS DISCIPLINE NODES Due to evolving government cybersecurity requirements, the Internet addresses (URLs) of five Discipline Nodes of the Planetary Data System (PDS) have changed. The new URLs are: Atmospheres (http://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu) Geosciences (http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu) Planetary Plasma Interactions (http://pds-ppi.igpp.ucla.edu) Ring-Moon Systems (http://pds-rings.seti.org) Small Bodies (https://pds-smallbodies.astro.umd.edu) The URLs for the Engineering and Management Nodes, and the Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility have not changed. The PDS apologizes for any disruptions that these changes cause. 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 SUMMER SCHOOL IN SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR ASTRONOMY Registration is now open for the 4th offering of Software Systems for Astronomy. The course covers software design and implementation of telescope and instrument control systems, observation planning tools, and software for analyzing and archiving astronomical data. SSfA-4 will be offered as a two week intensive course this summer, 24-Jul to 04-Aug, 2017, on the Big Island of Hawaii. To register, visit the following web page and follow the instructions (UHH students skip steps 1-4): http://astro.uhh.hawaii.edu/Summer/Summer-2017 /summer2017.php#Special_Summer_Note The course number is ASTR394. For more information visit: http://astro.uhh.hawaii.edu/Summer/Summer-2017/summer2017.php or send email to aconrad@hawaii.edu 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html July 24-August 4, 2017 Summer School in Software Systems for Astronomy http://astro.uhh.hawaii.edu/Summer/Summer-2017/summer2017.php Hilo, HI October 15-20, 2017 49th Annual Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting https://aas.org/meetings/dps49 Provo, UT [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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