PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 11, Number 37 (September 3, 2017) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Karen Stockstill-Cahill, Elisabeth Adams Email: pen_editor@psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University 2. PDS: JUNO Data Release 2 3. PDS: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Data Release 10 4. PDS: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 42 5. [NASA] ROSES-17: Hurricane Harvey Causes Delay of ROSES Due Dates 6. Two Postdoctoral Positions in Mars Science 7. Science of Primitive Asteroid Sample Return Missions 8. Six Postdoc Positions in Origins of Life Research 9. [NASA] Outer Planets Assessment Group Meeting 10. Planetary Geomorphology 'Image of the Month' 11. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions Commercial Announcements: C1. HE Space Rockets to 200 Employees 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 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY The Cornell University Astronomy Department invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor appointment to begin July 1, 2018. We will consider applications from observers, experimentalists and theorists working in any area of extrasolar and solar system planetary science. Applicants should upload their applications, including a CV, list of publications, statement of research interests, and statement on teaching plans and philosophy to: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9548 Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation submitted to Academic Jobs Online. Inquiries may be sent to Jill Tarbell (jtm14@cornell.edu), assistant to the Chair of the Department. Applications are due by November 1, 2017. Cornell University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator. The Department of Astronomy, and the College of Art & Sciences at Cornell embrace diversity and seek candidates who will create a climate that attracts students of all races, nationalities and genders. We strongly encourage women and underrepresented minorities to apply. 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 PDS: JUNO DATA RELEASE 2 The Planetary Data System announces the second release of data from the JUNO mission. The release includes EDR and RDR level data acquired between 2016-10-20 and 2017-02-03, which covers Juno Orbits 3 and 4. Data sets from the following experiments are now available: FGM (magnetometer) Gravity JADE (plasma) JEDI (energetic particle detector) JIRAM (infrared auroral mapper) JunoCam (camera) MWR (microwave radiometer) SPICE UVS (ultraviolet imaging spectrometer) Waves (radio and plasma wave science) This announcement is the final one that will be sent to all PDS users. To receive future announcements of JUNO releases, please subscribe at: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/top.cfm To access the above data, please visit: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20170828.shtml JUNO data are archived at the PDS Atmospheres (ATM), Imaging (IMG), NAIF, and Planetary Plasma Interactions (PPI) Nodes. The data can be accessed from these nodes' web sites and from the main PDS home page: https://pds.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 PDS: MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION DATA RELEASE 10 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce the release of the following data from MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) Release 10: ACCEL (accelerometer) ANC (ancillary) EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet Monitor) IUVS (Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph) KP (key parameters) LPW (Langmuir Probe and Waves) MAG (Magnetometer) NGIMS (Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer) SEP (Solar Energetic Particle) SPICE STATIC (Supra-Thermal and Thermal Ion Composition Instrument) SWEA (Solar Wind Electron Analyzer) SWIA (Solar Wind Ion Analyzer) To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20170815.shtml 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 PDS: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 42 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce a new delivery of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) data for the following instruments: CRISM CTX MARCI MCS RSS SHARAD SPICE There is no derived gravity data in this release. Previous releases of HiRISE data cover this period, and HiRISE's next three months of data are not all available yet. In general, MRO Release 42 includes data collected from November 9, 2016, to February 8, 2017. To access the above data: https://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20170901.shtml 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 [NASA] ROSES-17: HURRICANE HARVEY CAUSES DELAY OF ROSES DUE DATES To give more time to proposers who are without power because of Hurricane Harvey, the following due dates for ROSES program elements have been delayed [planetary programs listed below]: C.15 Planetary Protection Research has been delayed to September 21, 2017. For both C.11 Discovery Data Analysis and C.20 Rosetta Data Analysis Program the Step-1 proposal due date is now September 21, 2017 and the Step-2 proposal due date is November 21, 2017. Questions concerning these program elements may be directed to the point of contacts listed in the summary table of key information and at: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list 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 TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS IN MARS SCIENCE The Department of Planetology and Habitability at the Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions to support investigations on the nature of the early Mars environments. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Alberto Fairen in the ERC-funded Project "icyMARS". Applicants should have a recent Ph.D. in the field of Planetary Science or related discipline, and background in sedimentology of ice-covered lakes, or in biology of psychrophilic microorganisms. The positions, placed in Madrid, would be for one year, with possible extension to a second year contingent upon funding availability and satisfactory performance. Benefits include working in a young enthusiastic team at one of the leading Planetary Sciences institutions in Europe, full social benefits according to the Spanish social care system, and a very competitive salary. Applicants should send a letter of interest, a curriculum with a list of publications, a brief (maximum two pages) statement of research interests, and a list of three references, no later than September 10, 2017, to Alberto Fairen (agfairen@cab.inta-csic.es). The starting date is negotiable, but should be no later than Jan 1, 2018. 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 SCIENCE OF PRIMITIVE ASTEROID SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS We invite you to our Royal Astronomical Society Specialist Discussion meeting entitled 'Science of Primitive Asteroid Sample Return Missions' on Friday, October 13th. The meeting will be held in the Royal Astronomical Society Lecture Theatre at Burlington House. Tea and coffee will be served at 10 am and the meeting will begin at 10:30 am. Confirmed speakers include Harold Connolly Jr., Shogo Tachibana, Queenie Chan, Richard Greenwood, Jamie Gilmour, Alex Halliday and Pierre Beck. Further information can be found at: https://www.ras.org.uk/component/gem/?id=481 Questions regarding the meeting including the displaying of posters can be emailed to Kerri.DonaldsonHanna@physics.ox.ac.uk Warm regards, Kerri Donaldson Hanna, Neil Bowles, Ian Franchi, Ashley King, Ben Rozitis and Sara Russell 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 SIX POSTDOC POSITIONS IN ORIGINS OF LIFE RESEARCH The Origins Center is a recent, multidisciplinary and multi-institute, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO funded initiative of a large number of top tier scientists in the Netherlands. Over 17 Dutch universities and research institutes participate in the Center that is coordinated by the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Within the Center we are now recruiting postdoctoral research fellows for five three-year pathfinder projects that together should lay the groundwork for a future, far larger research programme which aims at game-changing understanding of the origin of life and of life-bearing planets, predicting evolution, building and steering life from molecule to biosphere, finding extra-terrestrial life and of the mathematical concepts needed for bridging large spatial, temporal and organisatorial scale differences: http://www.origins-center.nl/vacancies Fellowships are available within each of the following five projects: Developing, testing and operating the Origins Simulator Identifying factors enabling predictability of evolution Building and directing life Modelling planet earth as an exoplanet Mathematically understanding downward causation Candidates should have a strong background in astronomy, biophysics, chemistry, microbiology, ecology, evolutionary biology, mathematics, computational science, molecular biosciences or planetary and geosciences, and be able to perform innovative and multidisciplinary research. 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 [NASA] OUTER PLANETS ASSESSMENT GROUP MEETING The next OPAG meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 6, and Thursday, Sept. 7. The meeting will support remote attendance via webex. The login information is below. Meeting link: https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/j.php?MTID =m06f9fc6d92cb1b1bc61f668d94a5ecb3 Meeting number: 398 419 323 Meeting password: W@lc0m31 Toll Free Number: 1-312-470-7337 Freephone/Toll Numbers: 1-888-994-8792 Participant Passcode: 5637426 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 GEOMORPHOLOGY 'IMAGE OF THE MONTH' The September image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "Pit chains on Enceladus", contributed by Dr. Emily S. Martin, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, USA. 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) 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 November 20-24, 2017 Numerical Simulations of Planet-Disc Interactions https://www.fis.unam.mx/~masset/workshop/numpdi.html Cuernavaca, Mexico January 25-28, 2018 22nd International Microlensing Conference https://www.physics.auckland.ac.nz/en/about /international-microlensing-conference.html Auckland, New Zealand May 14-15, 2018 2018 European Lunar Symposium https://els2018.arc.nasa.gov Toulouse, France April 15-Jun 28, 2019 Better Stars, Better Planets: Exploiting the Stellar-Exoplanetary Synergy https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/exostar19 Santa Barbara, CA [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@psi.edu.] *********************************************************************** COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS *********************************************************************** C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1 HE SPACE ROCKETS TO 200 EMPLOYEES Europe's leading specialist in personnel services for space will shortly be welcoming its 200th employee, who will work as a planetary scientist on ESA's BepiColombo project. 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