PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 13, Number 7 (February 17, 2018)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Elisabeth Adams 
Co-Editors: Georgiana Kramer, Mark V. Sykes
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1. EPEC Annual Week 2019 is Open for Applications
2. 16th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-2019)
3. GSA Session Proposals Due February 20
4. AOGS Session PS13: Understanding Icy Worlds, Ocean Worlds, and 
   Habitability
5. AOGS Session PS14: Small Body Explorations by Current and Future 
   Missions
6. Three Postdoctoral Positions in Mars Science
7. 70th International Astronautical Congress
8. 10th Planetary Crater Consortium Meeting 
9. Last Chance to Pre-Register for Extreme Solar Systems IV (ExSS IV)
10. IUGG/IAMAS Session M24: Clouds and Circulations in Planetary 
    Atmospheres
11. 4th Virtual MEPAG Meeting (VM4)
12. Seminar: Scientific Analogs and the Development of Human and 
    Robotic Mission Architectures for Solar System Exploration
13. Cosmic Dust XII
14. Terrestrial Analog Survey
15. [NASA] PDS: OSIRIS-REx Data Release
16. [NASA] PDS: MAVEN Data Release
17. [NASA] PDS: Juno Data Release
18. Survey Assessing Planetary Data Access and Use
19. Goldschmidt Session 01g: Beyond Earth and Earth-Like - The 
    Compositional Diversity and Evolution of Exoplanets
20. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions

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EPEC ANNUAL WEEK 2019 IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

EPEC (Europlanet Early Career Network) is a enthusiastic group of young 
scientists. Supported by Europlanet, EPEC assembles early career 
scientists once per year for a networking/training week including 
scientific lectures, workshops and career building. The annual week 
2019 takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, May 20-24.

Applications are now open at:

https://www.europlanet-society.org/early-careers-network
/epec-annual-week-group/


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16TH INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY PROBE WORKSHOP (IPPW-2019)

July 8-12, 2019 
Department of Physics 
University Of Oxford 
United Kingdom

We are pleased to tell you that abstract submission is now open for 
IPPW-2019, with a deadline of March 8. Please also note that 
nominations for the Al Seiff Award (for outstanding contributions to 
planetary probes) are solicited with a deadline of February 22.

For information including, but not limited to: 

Workshop Programme with Technical Session Descriptions
Short Course: Ice Giants (6-7 July 2019)
Student Participation & Scholarships
Workshop Venue & Accommodation

Please visit the IPPW 2019 website at: 

http://www.ippw2019.uk

If you have any questions about the event, please send them to 
ippw2019@maillist.ox.ac.uk 


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GSA SESSION PROPOSALS DUE FEBRUARY 20

Help guide the science at GSA.

If you are interested in attending GSA this fall in Phoenix (September 
22-25), please consider submitting a session proposal! If you would 
like to learn more about a certain topic or showcase an awesome 
collection of research or even bring attention to a topic of interest 
or concern, a great way to do that is through a Topical Session or 
Pardee Keynote. 

Having sponsorship from one or more GSA divisions, another society, or 
allied organizations is encouraged and can help get your session 
advertised, but is not necessary. To receive sponsorship from a GSA 
division, please email the division chair with your proposal idea.

For more information about submitting a session proposal, please see:

https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2019AM/cfs.cgi

Thanks!

GSA's Planetary Geology Division officers


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AOGS SESSION PS13: UNDERSTANDING ICY WORLDS, OCEAN WORLDS, AND 
HABITABILITY

Abstract deadline extended to: February 19, 2019

This session will be devoted to understanding icy worlds in the outer 
Solar System, including those containing subsurface oceans, their 
possible analogues around other stars, and their associated processes 
and geochemistry that might support life. The session will include 
solicited and contributed presentations addressing observational, 
laboratory, and theoretical studies relevant to past, ongoing, and 
future missions.

Relevant topics include: (1) interior structure, composition, and 
thermal evolution, (2) surface geology and composition, (3) orbital 
dynamics and tidal interactions.

Conveners: Mathieu Choukroun, Athena Coustenis, Jun Kimura, Steve Vance

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=abstract.htm


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AOGS SESSION PS14: SMALL BODY EXPLORATIONS BY CURRENT AND FUTURE 
MISSIONS

Abstract deadline extended to: February 19, 2019

This session welcomes abstracts about the new results of Solar System 
small bodies from past and ongoing exploration missions, and about the 
development and concepts of future missions. We also welcome abstracts 
about the related ground-based observations, laboratory experiments, 
as well as theoretical studies. Abstracts reporting the new results 
from Dawn, New Horizons, Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx missions are 
especially welcome. In the context of the recent wave of small body 
exploration missions, as well as the future missions currently under 
development and/or consideration by NASA, ESA, JAXA, China, etc., this 
session is designed to promote the research of Solar System small 
bodies from the past and current missions and to help develop concepts 
for future missions.

Conveners: Jian-Yang Li (PSI), Jiangchuan Huang (CAST), 
Yangting Lin (IGPP/CAS), Makoto Yoshikawa (JAXA)

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=abstract.htm


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THREE POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS IN MARS SCIENCE

The Department of Planetology and Habitability at the Centro de 
Astrobiologia (CAB) invites applications for three postdoctoral 
positions to support investigations on the nature of the early Mars 
environments. We are seeking enthusiastic and excellent candidates to 
join a planetary science team funded by the European Research Council 
(ERC), working with Dr. Alberto Fairen in the Project "MarsFirstWater" 
(ERC Consolidator Grant) broadening the efforts of the Project 
"icyMARS" (ERC Starting Grant).

Applicants should have a recent Ph.D. in the field of Planetary 
Science or related discipline, and a background in Mars research. 
Expertise in Geomorphology/Sedimentology, Geochemistry, and 
Microbiology, respectively for each of the positions, is required.

The 3 positions, placed in Madrid, would be for two years, with 
possible extension to a third year contingent upon satisfactory 
performance. 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 
March 15, 2019, to Alberto Fairen (agfairen@cab.inta-csic.es).

The starting date is negotiable, but should be no later than 
Sep 1, 2019.


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70TH INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS
  
The NASA HQ Office of STEM Engagement wants to call attention of 
full-time US graduate students attending US universities to the
abstract deadline of February 28, 2019 (11:59:00 ET) for the 70th
International Astronautical Conference. Go to:

http://www.iafastro.org

If you plan to seek assistance from NASA, only abstracts selected by 
the IAF will be considered for selection by NASA.

The upcoming IAC will be held October 21-25, 2019 in Washington, DC. 
NASA's participation in this event is an on-going effort to continue to 
bridge NASA with the astronautical and space international community.

Abstracts must be original, unpublished papers that have not been 
submitted in any other forum. Abstracts must be 400 words or less, 
written in English and related to NASA's ongoing vision for space 
exploration.


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10TH PLANETARY CRATER CONSORTIUM MEETING

August 7-9, 2019 
US Geological Survey 
Flagstaff, AZ 

The Planetary Crater Consortium is open to all planetary scientists 
interested in any aspect of impact cratering on Solar System bodies 
(including Earth!), incorporating observational, theoretical, 
experimental, field, and/or numerical studies. The meeting is a 
combination of contributed talks, posters, and open discussion and is 
designed to encourage and provide adequate time for in-depth 
discussion of crater-related issues and topics to enhance research 
collaborations. Abstract deadline is Monday, June 24, 2019. An 
optional field trip around the rim of Meteor Crater will be arranged 
for Saturday, August 10, 2019, if there is sufficient interest. For 
more information contact Nadine Barlow (Nadine.Barlow@nau.edu) or go
to:

http://www.planetarycraterconsortium.nau.edu


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LAST CHANCE TO PRE-REGISTER FOR EXTREME SOLAR SYSTEMS IV (EXSS-IV)

August 19-23, 2019 
Reykjavik, Iceland

Registration and abstract submission for the conference will open soon. 
To make sure you are included in our mailing list, please pre-register 
now if you haven't done so yet.

Simply follow the link to the pre-registration form online at:

https://sites.northwestern.edu/iceland2019/


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IUGG/IAMAS SESSION M24: CLOUDS AND CIRCULATIONS IN PLANETARY 
ATMOSPHERES

Abstract deadline: February 18

We now have new information on clouds and atmospheric circulations, 
including Earth. There are some similarities and many differences among 
the clouds, their origins and impacts. Especially, for all planets 
including Earth, cloud motions are a key measurement in studying global 
circulations and there have been recently many improvements in the 
techniques. The symposium invites presentations on the clouds or 
measurements involving clouds on different planets, including Earth.

Conveners: Kevin McGouldrick (USA), Emmanuel Marcq (France)

Go to:

http://iugg2019montreal.com/m.html

The IUGG/IAMAS General Assembly will be held July 8-18, 2019, in 
Montreal, Canada.


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4TH VIRTUAL MEPAG MEETING (VM4)

Members of the Mars community,

I cordially invite you to participate in the next virtual meeting (VM4) 
of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), scheduled on 
Monday, February 25th, 2019, at 2:00-4:00 pm EST.

Agenda items will include a progress report from the Ice and Climate 
Evolution Science Analysis Group (ICESAG), initial discussions on 
Decadal Survey white paper preparations, and if available, any budget 
news from NASA. Additionally, if the potential Pre-Decadal Survey 
Studies NRA (NASA Research Announcement) call is out, then Lori Glaze 
will also present. The current agenda and WebEx connectivity 
information are listed below. Updates to the agenda and presentations 
will be posted to the MEPAG meeting website: 

http://mepag.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm

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


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SEMINAR: SCIENTIFIC ANALOGS AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN AND ROBOTIC 
MISSION ARCHITECTURE FOR SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION

Presented by: Dr. Darlene S. S. Lim
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
April 16, 2019
10:30-11:30AM PDT

We invite you to join this SSERVI Director's Seminar presented by 
Dr. Darlene S.S. Lim. You may attend in person at SSERVI Central at 
NASA Ames or connect virtually. An abstract is available at: 

https://sservi.nasa.gov/dss 

The virtual connectivity link will be provided closer to the seminar 
date. Feel free to share this seminar with anyone you think might be 
interested. 


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COSMIC DUST XII

https://www.cps-jp.org/~dust/

August 12-16, 2019

Chiba Institute of Technology 
Tsudanuma 2-17-1 Narashino 
Chiba 275-0016, Japan

The primary objective of the meeting is to bring together professionals
who deal with cosmic dust and provide an opportunity to develop
interpersonal relationships and scientific interactions. The subject of
the discussions is all kinds of cosmic dust: interstellar, 
circumstellar, interplanetary, planetary aerosols and regolith, and all 
kinds of research from space and ground-based observations to 
laboratory and theoretical modeling.

Important Dates:

April 24, 2019, Deadline for Early-Bird Application
May 8, 2019, Deadline for Admissions Application
May 31, 2019, Notification of Admissions Decision

Please complete online registration and abstract submission at:

https://www.cps-jp.org/~dust/Application.html

Contact information: Hiroshi Kimura, dust-inquiries@cps-jp.org


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TERRESTRIAL ANALOG SURVEY

Please take a few minutes to fill out this short anonymous survey about 
Terrestrial Analog Studies! The USGS Astrogeology Science Center is 
developing a terrestrial analog program, and we are working hard to 
ensure that the products and services we create meet the needs of the 
scientific community. Your responses will help identify areas of future 
development.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X5QD8X3

Please forward the above link as needed to interested community
members. If you have further questions or comments, please feel free 
to contact Lauren Edgar (ledgar@usgs.gov). Thank you in advance for 
your time.


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[NASA] PDS: OSIRIS-REX DATA RELEASE

The initial release of the OSIRIS-REx OCAMS, OVIRS, and TAGCAMS data
for the Cruise and Earth Gravity Assist (EGA) mission phases, plus the
Mission Information bundle, are now available at:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20190214.shtml

or more directly from:

https://sbn.psi.edu/pds/resource/orex

To receive email announcements of future releases of OSIRIS-REx data,
please subscribe at:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/top.cfm

To access all data archived in PDS:

https://pds.nasa.gov


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[NASA] PDS: MAVEN DATA RELEASE

The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce the release of
the following data from MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution)
Release 16:

ACCEL (Accelerometer)
EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet Monitor)
LPW (Langmuir Probe and Waves)
MAG (Magnetometer)
ROSE (Radio Occultation Science Experiment)
SEP (Solar Energetic Particle)
SPICE
SWEA (Solar Wind Electron Analyzer)
SWIA (Solar Wind Ion Analyzer)

ANC, IUVS, KP, NGIMS, and STATIC data up to November 2018 are not yet
available.

To access the above data, please visit the following link:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20190215.shtml

To access the latest PDS Data Releases, please visit the following link:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-Release.shtml

All available PDS data may be found at:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/data-search/

For further information, see the PDS Home Page:

https://pds.nasa.gov/


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[NASA] PDS: JUNO DATA RELEASE

The Planetary Data System announces the seventh release of data from
the JUNO mission. The release includes EDR and RDR level data acquired
between 2018-04-01 and 2018-07-16, which covers Juno Orbits 13 and 14.

Data sets from the following experiments are now available:

FGM (magnetometer)
Gravity
JADE (plasma)
JEDI (energetic particle detector)
JunoCam (camera)
MWR (microwave radiometer)
SPICE
UVS (ultraviolet imaging spectrometer)
Waves (radio and plasma wave science)

JIRAM data for this period is not available yet.

To access the above data, please visit the following link:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20190211.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


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SURVEY ASSESSING PLANETARY DATA ACCESS AND USE

Hello planetary scientists, I am a graduate student at the University 
of Tennessee Knoxville and am conducting a survey to find out more 
about scientists' experiences finding, accessing, and using planetary 
data. Please consider taking this survey, which should take about 
10-20 minutes. Here is the link to the survey: 

https://utk.questionpro.com/t/AOrSnZdnsr 

Please also feel free to pass this on to anyone you know who works 
with planetary data. No identifying information will be collected as 
part of this survey and all responses will be kept confidential. If you 
have any questions regarding this survey or project please contact 
Rose Borden at rborden4@vols.utk.edu.


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GOLDSCHMIDT SESSION 01G: BEYOND EARTH AND EARTH-LIKE - THE 
COMPOSITIONAL DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION OF EXOPLANETS

The compositional diversity predicted to exist in exoplanets represents 
a new frontier in geologic science. Over the coming decades, the 
available dataset on planets outside our Solar System will continue to 
expand, improving our statistical understanding of planetary properties 
(mass, radius, but also orbit, host star properties and atmospheric 
spectra). The composition, mineralogy, dynamics, and structure of these 
bodies may be wholly different from the Earth and planets in our Solar 
System and present exciting challenges for observers, experimentalists, 
and modelers alike. In this session we will explore the effects of 
exoplanetary composition on the evolution of planetary surfaces and 
interiors. We invite contributions to help quantify the range of 
possible rocky planet interiors, with a particular interest for 
contributions expanding the compositional space usually studied in 
Earth Science, Cosmochemistry and Planetary Science. Potential topics 
include planetary accretion and differentiation, mineral 
phase-equilibria and physical properties, volatile storage and 
transport, and surface/mantle interactions. Abstracts reporting 
observational, modeling and experimental results are welcome.

Conveners:
Cayman Unterborn (ASU)
Christy Till (ASU)
Matthieu Laneuville (ELSI)
Marine Lasbleis (Nantes University)
Keiko Hamano (ELSI)

Go to: 

https://goldschmidt.info/2019/program
/programViewThemes#session_450_4094


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

June 24-28, 2019
European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS 2019)
https://eas.unige.ch/EWASS/program.jsp
Lyon, France

August 7-9, 2019
10th Planetary Crater Consortium Meeting
http://www.planetarycraterconsortium.nau.edu
Flagstaff, AZ

Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html

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date, title, URL and location to pen_editor@psi.edu.]


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