PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 13, Number 3 (January 20, 2018) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Elisabeth Adams, Georgiana Kramer, Karen Stockstill-Cahill Email: pen_editor@psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. AbSciCon 2019 Abstract Deadline Extended 2. Update on OPAG Meeting Planning 3. [NASA] PDS - Groundbased and R&A Data Release 1 4. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter for January 2019 5. Soliciting Abstracts for the Japan Geoscience Union (JPGU) Meeting 6. Assistant Professor in Space Plasma Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder 7. Microsymposium 60: Forward to the Moon to Stay - Undertaking Transformative Lunar Science with Commercial Partners 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 ABSCICON 2019 ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED Some previous announcements of AbSciCon 2019 sessions included an abstract deadline of January 23. This deadline was extended to March 6. This applies to all sessions. 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 UPDATE ON OPAG MEETING PLANNING Due to the ongoing US Government Shutdown, the OPAG Steering Committee has decided to postpone the next OPAG meeting, which was originally planned for February 5-6 at NASA Headquarters. We are currently tentatively planning to have the meeting on April 23-24 in the Washington DC area. Please stay tuned to various planetary science news letters and the OPAG website for future updates. Watch: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/ 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 [NASA] PDS - GROUNDBASED AND R&A DATA RELEASE 1 The Planetary Data System is pleased to announce the first PDS-wide announcement of groundbased and R&A data. This release includes: Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) Binary Minor Planets Saturn Small Moon Shape Models Small Bodies Occultations TNO and Centaur Diameters, Albedos, and Densities The data can be accessed from: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20190115.shtml To receive email announcements of future releases of groundbased and R&A data, please subscribe at: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/top.cfm to the Mission "GBRA", which is the Data from Groundbased and R&A Programs. To access all data archived in the PDS, go to: https://pds.nasa.gov 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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR JANUARY 2019 On behalf of Jeff Johnson (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and Kelly Perry of the Mars Program Science Office, the January 2019 edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be found on the web at: http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov Please send your Mars community announcements and calendar items for inclusion in the newsletter to Barbara at: Barbara.A.Saltzberg@jpl.nasa.gov 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 SOLICITING ABSTRACTS FOR THE JAPAN GEOSCIENCE UNION (JPGU) MEETING At the Japanese Geoscience Union meeting near Tokyo, Japan, we will convene an international session titled: "Outer Solar System Exploration Today and Tomorrow" http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2019/SessionList_en/detail/P-PS01.html We invite abstracts that address a wide range of topics encompassing the giant planets and their moons, including their origins, interiors, atmospheres, compositions, surface features, and electromagnetic fields. To advocate for current and future outer planets exploration (Cassini, Juno, New Horizons, JUICE, and beyond), we also call for discussions on future missions to explore giant planet systems, including how to develop better international cooperation. Discussion in this latter category will include progress in developing a solar sail mission concept for observing the Jupiter system and its trojan asteroids. JpGU will be held on May 26-30, 2019 in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2019/index.php Early Abstract deadline (discounted rate): February 4th, 2019 Regular Abstract Deadline: February 19th, 2019 Early Registration Deadline: May 8, 2018 (Note: Dates are in Japan Standard Time. Current AGU Members can register at the JpGU member rate. 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 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER The University of Colorado Boulder (UC Boulder) is conducting a search for a faculty member at the Assistant Professor rank. We are accepting applications from candidates in the area of space plasma physics including, but not limited to, the Earth's and planetary magnetospheres, solar wind, and ionospheres. For more information, please see posting #15519 at: http://www.colorado.edu/jobs 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 MICROSYMPOSIUM 60: FORWARD TO THE MOON TO STAY - UNDERTAKING TRANSFORMATIVE LUNAR SCIENCE WITH COMMERCIAL PARTERS March 16-17, 2019 The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center We can now identify transformative lunar science (TLS) questions to address and NASA has selected nine new partners for commercial payload delivery services to the Moon through Commercial Lunar Payloads Services (CLPS) contracts: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/774/nasa-announces-new-partnerships -for-commercial-lunar-payload-delivery-services In Microsymposium 60, Forward to the Moon to Stay: Undertaking Transformative Lunar Science with Commercial Partners, key scientists will discuss scientific questions and identifying the most important immediate steps to address them. Representatives of the designated Commercial Lunar Payloads Services (CLPS) providers have been invited to give summaries of plans/capabilities of delivery platforms. SpaceX, a non-CLPS lunar service provider, will also be giving a presentation. We will have "lighting talks" to present ideas for experiments, payloads and missions to team with CLPS partners (send candidate title/authors to james_head@brown.edu). The goal of Microsymposium 60 is to provide a framework of mutual communication that will form a basis for Transformative Lunar Science to be undertaken in the immediate future with the help of our CLPS partners. Further information/registration details are at: http://www.planetary.brown.edu/html_pages/micro60.htm Jim Head and Carle Pieters 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 March 16-17, 2019 Microsymposium 60: Forward to the Moon to Stay http://www.planetary.brown.edu/html_pages/micro60.htm The Woodlands, TX May 26-30, 2019 Japanese Geoscience Union Meeting http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2019 Chiba, Japan June 5-6, 2019 Planetary Exploration Horizon 2061 Synthesis Workshop http://horizon2061.cnrs.fr/meetings-events/ Toulouse, France Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html [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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