PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 12, Number 19 (May 13, 2018) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Elisabeth Adams, Karen Stockstill-Cahill Email: pen_editor@psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. EPSC Session: Ocean Worlds and Icy Moons 2. EPSC Session: Planetary Aeronomy 3. EPSC Session: Differentiated Small Bodies - A New Perspective 4. SSERVI 2018 ESF Awards 5. Addition of Lucy Flight Opportunity to SIMPLEx PEA-J of SALMON-3 6. Project Research Fellow in RISE/NAOJ 7. ASP Conference on Astro Education/Outreach 8. Eight New Resource Guides on Astronomical Topics 9. Free Open Source Astro 101 Textbook 10. Director of Education Position Open at SETI Institute 11. Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures 12. Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) Call for Steering Committee Members 13. Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 26 Call for Proposals 14. Post-doc in Machine Learning/Data Mining for Earth and Planetary Science 15. Student and Early Career Travel Grants for CCTP3 Meeting 16. Lunar and Small Bodies Graduate Conference 2018 17. 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 EPSC SESSION: OCEAN WORLDS AND ICY MOONS European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2018 Berlin, Germany 16-21 September 2018 Deadline: 16 May 2018, 13:00 CEST https://www.epsc2018.eu/home.html This session (OPS3) will deal with icy moons in the outer solar system with potential liquid oceans underneath or, in Titan's case, on their surfaces. Focus is on the Jovian and Saturnian satellites and the future missions to explore them. This session will aim to present new and review papers on the current status of astrobiological knowledge about the worlds in the outer solar system with possible subsurface liquid water oceans. Looking forward to meet you in Berlin! Co-conveners: A. Hayes, J. Lebreton, O. Witasse,, A. Coustenis, E. Turtle, F. Tosi 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 EPSC SESSION: PLANETARY AERONOMY We invite your contributions to a special session on Planetary Aeronomy at EPSC 2018 in Berlin, Germany (September 16-21, 2018): https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2018/session/29889 The aim of this session is to bring together researchers studying solar system and exoplanet upper atmospheres to exchange knowledge and ideas while learning of new results in this expanding area of research. We welcome papers on all aspects of planetary upper atmospheres in the solar and exoplanet systems, including observations and models that bear on photochemistry and ionization, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, energy balance, circulation and atmospheric escape. Contributions that allow us to better understand planetary evolution and the mass-radius diagram of exoplanets are also encouraged. Please submit your abstracts by the EPSC abstract deadline of Wednesday, May 16, 2018. 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 EPSC SESSION: DIFFERENTIATED SMALL BODIES - A NEW PERSPECTIVE Deadline: 16 May 2018, 13:00 CEST Dear Colleagues, We invite you to submit abstracts to our session SB5: "Differentiated small bodies: a new perspective". The latest findings of basaltic objects not dynamically connected with Vesta and laboratory studies on HED and iron meteorites suggest the presence of several differentiated planetesimals. However, in meteorite collections we have samples for the nucleus and the crust, but not from the mantle, with a missing olivine problem. The same occurs in the main belt, where we find a large number of metal-rich and silicate-rich asteroids, but very few olivine-rich. Contributors are kindly invited to submit presentations on the latest findings on: 1) basaltic asteroids in the solar system, particularly on V-type asteroids not dynamically connected with the Vesta family; 2) the scarcity of A-type olivine-dominated asteroids from both asteroid surveys and meteorite collections; 3) the compositional analysis of the population of iron-rich, "core-like" metallic asteroids, also in the light of the future Psyche mission; 4) compositional studies on asteroid families. For more info: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2018/session/29993 Looking forward to meet you in Berlin! Convener: Simone Ieva Co-convener: Daniele Fulvio, Alessandra Migliorini 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 SSERVI 2018 ESF AWARDS The Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist medal, Michael J. Wargo Award, Susan Mahan Niebur Award, and Angioletta Coradini Award recognize outstanding achievement in exploration science. The winners are nominated by their academic peers and are selected by SSERVI Director, Dr. Yvonne Pendleton. Awards will be presented along with invited lectures from the recipients at the 2018 Exploration Science Forum (ESF) taking place June 26-28 at NASA Ames. The 2018 Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal is awarded to Dr. M. Darby Dyar of the Planetary Science Institute and Mt. Holyoke College for her significant scientific contributions throughout the course of her career. The 2018 Michael J. Wargo Exploration Science Award is given to Dr. David Kring at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas. The 2018 Susan Mahan Niebur Early Career Award is presented to Dr. Rachel Klima at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The 2018 Angioletta Coradini Mid-Career Award is given to Dr. Barbara Cohen at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Congratulations to M. Darby Dyar, David Kring, Rachel Klima, and Barbara Cohen for their achievements and contributions! More information on these awards and recipients, along with past awardees, can be found at: https://sservi.nasa.gov/awards 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 ADDITION OF LUCY FLIGHT OPPORTUNITY TO SIMPLEX PEA-J OF SALMON-3 Amendment 3 to SALMON-3 adds the Lucy flight opportunity to PEA J: Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx). There is no change in due dates. Mandatory Notices of Intent (NOIs) for this Program Element Appendix (PEA) are due May 25, 2018 and proposals for the 2018 review cycle, including proposals for either the Lucy or the Psyche flight opportunity, are due July 24, 2018. Further information about this SALMON-3 PEA is available through the SIMPLEx Program Library at: https://soma.larc.nasa.gov/simplex/programlibrary.html This Amendment is posted on the NASA research opportunity web site: http://nspires.nasaprs.com Direct questions specifically regarding the PEA may be addressed by email to SIMPLEx Program Scientist Ms. Doris Daou at Doris.Daou@nasa.gov (subject line to read "SIMPLEx FINAL AO"). Responses to all inquiries will be answered by email and also posted in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the SOMA SIMPLEx investigation acquisition homepage. Anonymity of those who submit questions will be preserved. [Edited for length] 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 PROJECT RESEARCH FELLOW IN RISE/NAOJ 1. Project research fellow is a full-time position (38 h 45 min working hours/week) employed under the scheme of the annual salary system of NINS. 2. The fellow is expected to spend up to 50% of his/her time on jobs requested by the project he/she belongs to. For details, see 5. 3. (1) The term starts as soon as possible after the employment decision. (2) The term is for three years, subject to annual review. If the applicant has been a project research fellow of NAOJ before, then the term will be shortened to less than three years so that his/her total period of employment at NAOJ does not exceed five years. 4. Office location: 2-12 Hoshigaoka-cho, Mizusawa, Oshu, Iwate, or 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. 5. (1) To participate in the operation of the HAYABUSA2-LIDAR as a LIDAR team member, initial analysis of the LIDAR data, and science research using them. (2) To conduct research about the origin, evolution, or internal structure of the small bodies in the Solar System. 6. The applicant must have a PhD degree in planetary science, astronomy, or related fields no later than the start of the term. http://www.miz.nao.ac.jp/rise/en/content/news/topic_20180508 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 ASP CONFERENCE ON ASTRO EDUCATION/OUTREACH September 10-13, 2018 The ASP is resuming its three-day education and outreach conferences, this year in the Wine Country north of San Francisco. For more information, see: https://www.astrosociety.org/about-us/asp-annual-meetings /asp-2018-annual-meeting/ Panels and discussions are being organized on a number of topics, such as using social media for outreach, diversity and the impostor syndrome, tools for teaching astronomy on-line, citizen science, and much more. Abstracts are now being accepted and registration for the meeting (and for discounted hotel rooms) is now open. 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 EIGHT NEW RESOURCE GUIDES ON ASTRONOMICAL TOPICS New or updated resource guides for instructors and students are available on the following topics: Women in astronomy, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, sources for the best astronomical images, free lab exercises on the Web, plays about astronomers, the Messier Catalog, and debunking astronomical pseudo-science. Go to: http://www.fraknoi.com/resource-guides-on-astronomy-education/ 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 FREE OPEN SOURCE ASTRO 101 TEXTBOOK In the last year, at least 90,000 students have used Astronomy, the free, open-source astronomy textbook published by OpenStax, a non-profit project at Rice University. (We say at least, since we only have information about registers adopters, and some people are using all or part of the book without the optional registration. Registered adopters get access to answers to the questions in the book and other materials for instructors.) For access to the book, which some 70 of your colleagues helped update and review, go to: https://openstax.org/details/astronomy [Editor note: This includes planetary topics] 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION POSITION OPEN AT SETI INSTITUTE The SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, is seeking a creative and visionary leader to serve as its Director of Education and to continue and expand its broad-based program in formal and informal education. The role requires close collaboration with Institute scientists, outside organizations, and with a range of funding agencies. For more information and to apply, please go to: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment /recruitment.html?cid=00a1b65c-cc0d-4122-b885-a8f7012f8acf&jobId=77948 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 SILICON VALLEY ASTRONOMY LECTURES This series of free popular lectures by noted astronomers is being professionally videotaped and edited, thanks to an anonymous donor. Its YouTube site has nearly 2 million views at: http://www.youtube.com/SVAstronomyLectures Recently added talks include Natalie Batalha on the latest exoplanet discoveries and statistics from Kepler, Jill Tarter on the future of SETI searches, Ashwin Vasavada (Curiosity Project Scientist) on 5 Years of Mars Exploration, and Eliot Quataert on gravitational waves from merging neutron stars and the production of heavy elements. 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 VENUS EXPLORATION ANALYSIS GROUP (VEXAG) CALL FOR STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS VEXAG is seeking three new volunteers for the VEXAG Steering Committee to replace the Members at Large who have successfully completed their service to the Venus community. New members will start in August 2018 and terms will run for three years. If you are interested, send your resume and a statement of how you could contribute to VEXAG to Bob Grimm and Martha Gilmore, VEXAG Chair and Deputy Chair (grimm@boulder.swri.edu, mgilmore@wesleyan.edu) by June 1, 2018. In addition to sponsoring regular and topical meetings, VEXAG activities for the next three years are expected to focus on updating the science, technology, and roadmap guidance documents, supporting mission studies and international collaborations, preparing white papers for the next Decadal Survey, and implementing the outcome of the Decadal Survey. VEXAG is committed to fostering the next generation of Venus researchers and participation in Early Career Venus Scholars Focus Group is always welcome. VEXAG is a community-based forum established in July 2005 to assess scientific priorities and strategies for exploration of Venus. Go to: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/ 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE CYCLE 26 CALL FOR PROPOSALS Proposal Deadline: August 17, 2018 Participation in this program is open to all categories of organizations, both domestic and foreign, including educational institutions, profit and nonprofit organizations, NASA Centers, and other Government agencies. This solicitation for proposals will be open through August 17, 2018 8:00 pm eastern time. The Astronomer's Proposal Tools, which are required for Phase I Proposal Submission will be released on May 14 for Cycle 26 Phase I use. Results of the selection will be announced by the end of October 2018. All programmatic and technical information, as well as specific guidelines for proposal preparation, are available electronically from the STScI Announcement Web Page: https://hst-docs.stsci.edu/ Please take note of the What's New for Cycle 26 section on the announcement page. In particular, the Director has decided to implement an anonymous review process for Cycle 26. A description of the process and instructions on how to adjust proposals to comply with the new requirements are included in the Call for Proposals. Questions may be addressed to the STScI Help Desk by email at help@stsci.edu, phone at 410-338-1082, or online at: http://hsthelp.stsci.edu [Edited for length] 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 POST-DOC IN MACHINE LEARNING/DATA MINING FOR EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE Information science has developed modern research through innovative tools for mathematical modeling, simulation, big data, machine learning, data mining, deep learning, high-performance computing, and image processing. Earth and Planetary Science is one of the areas where the impact is potentially huge: instruments become extremely productive with the ability to obtain complex information on billions of objects. The range of application will depend on the candidate and could encompass geomorphology characterization (including crater detection), imaging-spectroscopy, geochemistry, etc. The grant includes salary, equipment and mission costs. An extra engineer will be also hired for this project. This project will benefit from the local Center of Data Science: https://www.datascience-paris-saclay.fr/ Please send your CV as soon as possible, in any case before 18th May 2018. Condition: PhD defense after 31st December 2010 Location: Universite Paris Saclay, GEOPS, France Duration: 3 years, starting in 2019. Contact: frederic.schmidt@u-psud.fr 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CCTP3 MEETING Student and early career (less than 8 years from PhD) travel support will be available for the Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets Meeting #3 (CCTP3), scheduled for August 27-30, 2018 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas. Go to: http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/climatology2018 Provide a travel grant request by Wednesday, June 13, 2018 to Victoria Hartwick, victoria.hartwick@gmail.com containing: 1. A one-page description of how your participation in this meeting will benefit you professionally and contribute to the field of comparative climatology, 2. Your abstract, and 3. Your resume The expectation is that those selected for travel grants will be notified by Friday, July 6, 2018. 16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16 LUNAR AND SMALL BODIES GRADUATE CONFERENCE 2018 The 8th Annual Lunar and Small Bodies Graduate Conference (LunGradCon 2018) will be held on Monday, June 25, 2018 at the NASA Ames Research Center, preceding the NASA Exploration Science Forum (ESF, June 26-28). 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. For more details, please visit: http://impact.colorado.edu/lungradcon/2018/ or email any questions to: lungradcon@gmail.com 17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html September 10-13, 2018 ASP2018: Advancing Astronomy for All https://www.astrosociety.org/about-us/asp-annual-meetings /asp-2018-annual-meeting/ Rohnert Park, CA October 9-11, 2018 Europa Deep Dive 2: Composition https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/europadeepdive2018/ Houston, TX October 30-31, 2018 Towards an All-Sky Radio SETI Telescope http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/news-and-events /wide-field-seti-workshop/ Machester, UK November 12-14, 2018 5th International Conference on Artificial Light at Night 2018 https://artificiallightatnight.weebly.com Salt Lake City, 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@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@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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