PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 11, Number 38 (September 10, 2017) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Karen R. Stockstill-Cahill Co-Editors: Elisabeth Adams, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor@psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Earth and Planetary Science at The University Of Chicago 2. Postdoc Position in Planetary Science (Toulouse, France) 3. Accepting Applications for Icarus Editor-In-Chief Position 4. Planetary Science Slides and Illustrations 5. 2018A NASA IRTF Call for Proposals 6. MRO SHARAD Raw Data from Releases 23,24,33,34 7. International Venus Conference 2018 8. 35th MEPAG Meeting: 1st Information Circular 9. Request for Mission Supporting Observations of Patroclus-Menoetius Mutual Events 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 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO The Department of the Geophysical Sciences at The University of Chicago invites applications for the T.C. Chamberlin Postdoctoral Fellowship. We seek outstanding scientists who lead creative investigations into the nature of Earth and other planetary bodies - their physics, biology, chemistry, climate, and history - and who have a desire to participate in the broad intellectual life of the Department and the University. Start date is negotiable, with a target of October 2018. The initial term of the Fellowships will be one year, renewable for a second year. A competitive salary will be offered, plus benefits. Research funds are also available. Consideration of applications will begin in late October 2017, and exceptional applicants will be contacted in November to schedule on-campus interviews in January 2018. Please email a single pdf file containing a CV, a 2-4 page research plan, and names and contact information for at least three references, to chamberlin@geosci.uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, or other protected classes under the law (http://www.uchicago.edu/about/non_discrimination_statement/). Job seekers in need of accommodations to complete their application should call 773-702-5671 or email ACOppAdministrator@uchicago.edu. 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 POSTDOC POSITION IN PLANETARY SCIENCE (TOULOUSE, FRANCE) In order to prepare for the incoming launch of the InSight by NASA, the first Martian Geophysical Observatory to be launched in 2016, the Institut Superieur de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-Supaero), University of Toulouse, France, is looking for a talented planetary scientist/geophysicist. The position is to be filled within the Space Systems for Planetary Applications team. Most of the activities will be focused on the preparation of the Insight Science activities, with a focus on preparing the data analysis and the operations. Other activities may include participation to the preparation of the future planetary missions and payloads developed by the team. https://www.isae-supaero.fr/IMG/docx/fiche_de_poste_postdoc_sspa_2017. docx 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 ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ICARUS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF POSITION The DPS Committee, its publications subcommittee and representatives of Elsevier, publisher of Icarus, are accepting applications for the position of Icarus Editor-in-Chief. The application, consisting of a cover letter with a 5-year vision statement and skills and experience brought to the position, Curriculum Vita and publications list, should be submitted here: https://dps.aas.org/publications/icarus-editor-in-chief-application Application deadline is October 8, 2017. Questions, contact DPS Chair, Lucy McFadden (lucyann.a.mcfadden@nasa.gov) or Publisher, Kate Hibbert (k.hibbert@elsevier.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 PLANETARY SCIENCE SLIDES AND ILLUSTRATIONS Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) has sets of Powerpoint slides for your use. These are summaries of PSRD articles covering planetary science, including the processes by which planets, moons, and small bodies form and evolve. The slides have captions and notes, and are linked to PSRD articles that provide the full context, additional graphics, and references. New content added monthly. Use our search box to find just what you need. http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-PSRDpresents.html The Cosmochemistry Illustrated website offers additional Powerpoint slides with planetary examples to enrich geochemistry, petrology, and introductory geology lectures. References and background are given in the notes pages. http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/cosmoeye 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 2018A NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Observing Proposals. The due date for the 2018A semester (February 1, 2018 to July 31, 2018) is Monday, October 2, 2017. See our online submission form here: http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/applicationForms.php Information on available facility and visitor instruments and performance can be found at: http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/Facility Observing on-site or remote observing is available with SpeX, MORIS, and iSHELL; please see the instrument pages for more information, including the exposure time calculators for SpeX and iSHELL. Full text for this call can be found here: http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/callForProposals.php 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 MRO SHARAD RAW DATA FROM RELEASES 23,24,33,34 The Planetary Data System (PDS) announces the release of new data from the SHARAD instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). SHARAD raw data from the ASI (Italian Space Agency) SHARAD Ground Operations Center have been released covering the periods April 22, 2012 - August 3, 2012 and August 10, 2014 - February 21, 2015. These time periods correspond to previous MRO releases 23, 24, 33, and 34. The SHARAD team is recovering data from deliveries that were missed due to a hiatus in ground operations between June 2012 and March 2013. For details, see the file ERRATA.TXT on the archive volume at: http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mro/mro-m-sharad-3-edr-v1/mrosh_0004/ For further information see the PDS Geosciences Node SHARAD web page: http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mro/sharad.htm For overall information regarding PDS: https://pds.nasa.gov/ 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 INTERNATIONAL VENUS CONFERENCE 2018 The 74th Fujihara Seminar: "Akatsuki" Novel Development of Venus Science The Akatsuki team and community in Japan are pleased to announce the 2018 Venus conference, the successor of previous Venus conferences (La Thuile (2007, 2008), Aussois (2010), Catania (2013), and Oxford (2016)). The conference is intended to cover all areas of Venus science with special focus on new results obtained from Japan's Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki". Results from previous missions, from ground-based observations, numerical simulations, and theoretical works of various aspects of Venus are all welcome. Although the dates, 11-14 September 2018, will not be skiing season, you will be able to enjoy a beautiful and comfortable resort in Hokkaido. We hope this conference is fruitful and will contribute to the advancement of planetary science. Registration will open in early 2018. Contact: akatsuki-v2018inquiries@cps-jp.org Please visit: https://www.cps-jp.org/~akatsuki/venus2018/ 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 35TH MEPAG MEETING: 1ST INFORMATION CIRCULAR Members of the Mars community, I cordially invite you to participate in the 35th meeting of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), scheduled as a virtual meeting on Monday, September 25th, 2017, 10:00am-1:00pm PDT. Low-cost, "opportunistic" missions may provide a new way of advancing Mars science through observations within the Mars system. This meeting will inform the Mars community about recent work in this area through reports on the mission concepts selected for study under NASA's Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies (PSDS3) program (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-selects-cubesat-smallsat-mission- concept-studies). We will hear from the 5 teams selected with Mars System proposals. Additionally, we will report on MEPAG's involvement in the recent Low-Cost Planetary Missions Conference (http://www.lcpm12.org/). There will also be a presentation from a NASA HQ representative on the status of discussions about future Mars mission architecture. The final agenda and connection information will be posted on the MEPAG meeting website (http://mepag.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm) a few days preceding the meeting. The meeting is open to all members of the Mars science community including our international colleagues. I look forward to your participation. Sincerely, Dr. Jeffrey R. Johnson MEPAG Chair 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 REQUEST FOR MISSION SUPPORTING OBSERVATIONS OF PATROCLUS-MENOETIUS MUTUAL EVENTS We encourage interested observers to plan observations of mutual events of the Trojan binary system (617) Patroclus-Menoetius in semester 2018A. Contact times for the events and their photometric depth are the measurement objectives. The Patroclus-Menoetius binary system undergoes a series of mutual events approximately every six years with the next season occurring from October 2017 - June 2019. Individual events have a duration of up to 8 hours, but the initial events will be short. Events occur with a cadence of half the binary orbital period of 4.28 days. Multiple events will be observable over the course of the 2018 apparition. Patroclus-Menoetius is at opposition on 7 March 2018 with an apparent magnitude of 15.9. A detailed set of predictions is available upon request from Will Grundy (W.Grundy@lowell.edu). Patroclus and Menoetius are targets of the Lucy Discovery mission, planned for launch in October 2021. Observations of the mutual events will help refine the binary mutual orbit, which is critical for planning the encounter. We encourage any interested observers to communicate their plans to the Lucy Earth-based Observing Working group lead, Richard Binzel (rpb@mit.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 September 25, 2017 35th MEPAG Meeting http://mepag.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm Online September 25-29, 2017 Geoscience for Understanding Habitability in the Solar System and Beyond https://www.egu-galileo.eu/gc2-habitability/ Furnas, Portugal June 26-29, 2018 Astrophysical Frontiers in the Next Decade and Beyond: Planets, Galaxies, Black Holes, and the Transient Universe http://go.nrao.edu/ngVLA18 Boulder, CO September 11-14, 2018 International Venus Conference 2018 https://www.cps-jp.org/~akatsuki/venus2018/ Niseko, Japan July 15-19, 2019 Ninth International Conference on Mars https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/ninthmars2019/ Pasadena, 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.] *********************************************************************** * 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@psi.edu * * To unsubscribe, send an email to pen_editor@psi.edu * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor@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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