PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 12, Number 8 (February 25, 2018) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Elisabeth Adams Co-Editors: Karen R. Stockstill-Cahill, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor@psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Rossbypalooza-2018 2. Visit the PDS Booth at LPSC 3. Annual Meeting of the DDA: April 15-19 in San Jose, CA 4. Europlanet Workshop Announcement 5. Venus Exploration Events at LPSC 6. Second Announcement of the Technologies and Infrastructures Workshop for Planetary Exploration, Horizon 2061 7. Differentiation Conference: Abstract Deadline March 1 8. 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 ROSSBYPALOOZA-2018 The Department of the Geophysical Sciences at The University of Chicago is hosting Rossbypalooza-2018. It is a two-week long, hackathon-style summer school bringing together graduate students and postdocs from a broad field of atmospheric, oceanic and (exo)planetary sciences to attend lectures and work on group projects of their choice. The topic for this year is "Understanding climate through simple models". The school will run from June 11th - 22nd. The application is open until April 10th, 2018. For more information, please visit: http://www.rossbypalooza.org/ 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 VISIT THE PDS BOOTH AT LPSC The PDS booth in the LPSC exhibit area will be staffed with PDS personnel who can provide you with guidance or assistance on a wide range of PDS topics. Training opportunities will also be available! Sign up to request help with specific topics here: https://goo.gl/forms/hiX1mj3ESCaTljRh2 or drop in for an informal chat with PDS staff. 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 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DDA: APRIL 15-19 IN SAN JOSE, CA The Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the AAS will be April 15-19 in San Jose, CA. We will feature special sessions entitled: (1) The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: How Do Simulators Compare Their Data to Observations and How Can They Do It Better?, (2) 1I/`Oumuamua: the First Interstellar Asteroid, and (3) Pebble in the Sky: Meteoroids and their Orbits. A special public lecture will be given by Cristobal Petrovich as well as prize talks by our inaugural Vera Rubin Prize winner Dan Fabrycky and our Dirk Brouwer Award winner Ortwin Gerhard. Contributed talks are solicited in all aspects of Dynamical Astronomy. Abstract submission is due by March 2 and early registration ends March 16. The meeting website is: https://dda.aas.org/meetings/2018 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 EUROPLANET WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT A Europlanet workshop on "Planetary Atmospheric Erosion" will be held June 11-15 at Puflene Resort, Murighiol, Romania. Puflene Resort is located in the Danube Delta - where the Danube River meets the Black Sea. The objectives of this Europlanet workshop are: * to discuss processes and mechanisms for atmospheric erosions in planetary atmospheres * to present upcoming and proposed missions within this field * to explore collaborations and funding opportunities * to discuss new ideas, challenges and solutions The workshop will be a mix of tutorials, presentations and ample time for discussion. Travel support is available for a limited number of selected participants, in particular for early career scientists from Europlanet Inclusive states. The deadline for hotel booking is April 15, 2018. The deadline for abstract submission, early bird registration, and travel support application is April 30, 2018. Further information can be found on the workshop website: http://gpsm.spacescience.ro/europlanet2018/ 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 VENUS EXPLORATION EVENTS AT LPSC A Venus special oral session, 21st Century Venus I: Atmosphere to Interior will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Waterway Ballroom 5, followed by a poster session that evening. Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) will conduct a Venus Town Hall Meeting and an evening Early Career Scholars Mixer at LPSC on Thursday, March 22, 2017. The objective of this Venus Town Hall meeting in Waterways Meeting Rooms 1-3 at 12:00 to 1:15 PM is to encourage a community discussion and receive feedback on the current Venus community activities. Agenda items will include an update on NASA Planetary Science Division activities. Also, please, join the VEXAG Student/Early Career Scholars Focus Group for an Informal Meet and Greet at the Grogan's Mill (no-host bar) on Thursday afternoon at 5:00 to 7:00 PM after the oral sessions and before the posters. Please check the VEXAG - Early Career Scholars Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/432478660134856/ 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 SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES WORKSHOP FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION, HORIZON 2061 Date: April 23-25, 2018 Location: SwissTech Convention center on the campus of EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland To ensure a great meeting the deadline of paper submission (Talks/Posters) has been extended to March 6, 2018 at: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/PE2018/ Alternatively, as some people had apparently some difficulties, you can submit your abstract (Including title and list of co-authors) to: planetaryexploration2061@gmail.com You can register to this event by connecting directly to: https://meeting.artegis.com/lw/lp/Participants/Participants ?EVENT_ID=12704 All information can be found at: https://planetaryexploration2061.epfl.ch Looking forward to prepare the future of Planetary Exploration with your participation (and do not hesitate to forward this announcement to people who may be interested). Michel Blanc, Manuel Grande, Jean-Paul Kneib & Anton Ivanov (on behalf of the SOC and LOC) 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 DIFFERENTIATION CONFERENCE: ABSTRACT DEADLINE MARCH 1 The abstract deadline for Differentiation: Building the Internal Architecture of Planets is March 1. The focus of this conference is on understanding the physical and chemical conditions associated with the formation of crusts, cores, atmospheres, and oceans on both rocky and volatile-rich bodies. We seek input from many types of studies, including petrologic, isotopic, trace element, and paleo-magnetic analyses of samples, geophysical probes of planetary interiors, and experimental and numerical simulations. There will be an optional, pre-conference field trip to an anorthosite complex in the San Gabriel Mountains on May 7. The conference will consist of 3.5 days of presentations and discussion, May 8-11, ending by noon on May 11. Abstracts are limited to ONE page and should be submitted via the conference website: www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/differentiation2018/ Some travel support will be available for early career individuals and should also be applied for via the conference website. For additional information, contact the lead conference convener, Walter Kiefer (kiefer@lpi.usra.edu). 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 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html April 15-19, 2018 Annual Meeting of the DDA https://dda.aas.org/meetings/2018 San Jose, CA April 23-25, 2018 Technologies and Infrastructures Workshop for Planetary Exploration, Horizon 2061 https://planetaryexploration2061.epfl.ch Lausanne, Switzerland June 13-14, 2018 19th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag College Park, MD [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, 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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