PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 13, Number 16 (April 14, 2019) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Elisabeth Adams, Georgiana Kramer Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. EPSC-DPS Session MIT4: Planetary Exploration - Horizon 2061 2. EPSC-DPS Session OPS2: Saturn System and the Cassini-Huygens Mission 3. EPSC-DPS Session SB3: Small Body Missions Including Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx 4. EPSC-DPS Session SB10: Computational and Experimental Astrophysics of Small Bodies, Planets, and Granular Systems: Open Questions, Challenges, New Techniques and Models 5. EPSC-DPS Session TP6: Moon and Other Airless Rocks 6. [NASA] PDS: Odyssey Data Release 67 7. [NASA] PDS: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM TER and MTRDR Release 11 8. SPICE Training Class 9. NEOWISE 2019 Data Release 10. OPAG Meeting Agenda Announced 11. Software Systems for Astronomy - Registration Open 12. Rocky Worlds: From the Solar System to Exoplanets 13. Postdoctoral Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University: Hypervelocity Impact 14. Jobs at SYSU 15. 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-DPS SESSION MIT4: PLANETARY EXPLORATION - HORIZON 2061 Abstracts are welcome to the EPSC-DPS 2019 session MIT4 on the foresight exercise Horizon 2061 for planetary exploration. The principal motivations are to inspire international collaborations to better meet technology and mission challenges and increase the overall science return of planetary exploration. This EPSC session devoted to "Planetary Exploration, Horizon 2061" will present the conclusions reached during the previous workshops to the participants to the EPSC-DPS conference, invite additional contributions, and stimulate future long-term forward-looking activities related to the sciences and technologies of Planetary Exploration. We invite abstracts for oral and poster contributions from all areas of planetary exploration. For more information: https://www.epsc-dps2019.eu/home.html https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019 /abstractsubmission/34100 Abstract submission deadline: May 8, 2019, 13:00 CEST Early registration deadline: July 31, 2019 Conveners: J. Lasue, Maria Teresa Capria, Doris Daou, Louise Prockter 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-DPS SESSION OPS2: SATURN SYSTEM AND THE CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION Please consider submitting an abstract to session OPS2 of the EPSC-DPS Joint meeting 2019 which will take place at the Centre International de Conferences de Geneve (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland on September 15-20, 2019. https://www.epsc-dps2019.eu/home.html Results related to the Saturnian system from ground-based and Cassini-Huygens mission observations are welcome in OPS2. All aspects of the system (planet, satellites and rings) will be presented, with emphasis on recent findings. For more information see: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019 /abstractsubmission/34116 Abstract submission deadline: May 8, 2019, 13:00 CEST Early registration deadline: July 31, 2019 Conveners: A. Coustenis, S. Edgington, F. Michael Flasar, A. Masters, C. Plainaki, L. Spilker 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-DPS SESSION SB3: SMALL BODY MISSIONS INCLUDING HAYABUSA2 AND OSIRIS-REX Please consider submitting an abstract to session SB3 of the EPSC-DPS Joint meeting 2019, which will take place at the Centre International de Conferences de Geneve (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland on September 15-20, 2019. https://www.epsc-dps2019.eu/home.html In this session, we invite abstracts about small body mission target bodies, including 162173 Ryugu and 101955 Bennu. Topics include compositional, dynamical and physical properties, shape, thermal properties, thermal physics, structures and boulder/crater distributions, and links with parent asteroids/objects (e.g., in the Main Belt). We also invite papers on supporting modelling studies and laboratory experiments. For more information see: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019/ abstractsubmission/34460 Abstract submission deadline: May 8, 2019, 13:00 CEST Early registration deadline: July 31, 2019 Conveners: B.E. Clark, M.A. Barucci, E. Palomba, A. Longobardo, R. Brunetto, F. Dirri, X. Long, and M. Pajola 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 EPSC-DPS SESSION SB10: COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ASTROPHYSICS OF SMALL BODIES, PLANETS, AND GRANULAR SYSTEMS - OPEN QUESTIONS, CHALLENGES, NEW TECHNIQUES AND MODELS This session is devoted to the development of models, experiments (on ground and in micro-gravity), and mathematical simulations (computational methods and algorithms of solution) related to the Small Bodies (comets, KBOs, rings, asteroids, meteorites, dust, gravitational aggregates), their formation and evolution, and the instruments of their exploration. This session will include the introduction and discussion of new and/or existing models, experimental techniques, computational methods, and the results of analytical, experimental and numerical analysis (with respect to computational methods and algorithms of solution) of various astrophysical phenomena: (i) dusty gas cometary atmospheres; (ii) volcanic activity on icy satellites (e.g. Enceladus and Io); (iii) planetary body formation (e.g. via pebbles growth) and planetesimal dynamics; (iv) investigations on granular systems applicable to the study of small bodies as gravitational aggregates, regolith surfaces, and sample-return missions; etc. For more information see: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019/session/34464 Abstract submission deadline: May 8, 2019, 13:00 CEST Early registration deadline: July 31, 2019 Conveners: V. Zakharov, D. Hestroffer, A. Campo Bagatin, V. Della Corte, S. Ivanovski, R. Marschall, A. Rotundi, P. Sanchez, N. Taberlet, P. Tanga [Edited for length] 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 EPSC-DPS SESSION TP6: MOON AND OTHER AIRLESS ROCKS We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to Session TP6 "Moon and Other Airless Rocks" at the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting on September 15-20, 2019 in Geneva. Abstracts are invited on any research related to Moon, moons, asteroids, and the interactions of airless rocks with the space environment. Earth's Moon has been our guide to cratering and other processes that affect airless rocks in space. Recent discoveries have shown that the Moon is not what we thought it was, suggesting we ought to re-examine our understanding of processes affecting airless rocky bodies and their surfaces. More information about the session and a link to abstract submission can be found on: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019/session/34055 Deadline is May 8. Best regards, Tim Livengood Amanda Hendrix Co-conveners 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 [NASA] PDS: ODYSSEY DATA RELEASE 67 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce a new delivery of Odyssey Data, Release 67, for the following instruments: GRS THEMIS RADIO SCIENCE (Release 195) SPICE The gamma sensor component of the GRS instrument suite no longer returns data. The HEND and neutron spectrometer components continue to operate. To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20190401.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 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 [NASA] PDS: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER CRISM TER AND MTRDR RELEASE 11 PDS announces Release 11 of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM Targeted Empirical Data Record (TER) and Map-projected Targeted Reduced Data Record (MTRDR) products, at: http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mro/crism.htm This release fills in data from December 9, 2006, to February 8, 2008. TER products are image cubes derived from CRISM hyperspectral targeted observations, post-processed to standardize the illumination and observation geometry and to remove atmospheric gas absorptions and instrument artifacts. MTRDRs are the same products map-projected using terrain models of the Martian surface. The standard route to access released data: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20190409.shtml To access all 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/ 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 SPICE TRAINING CLASS A beginner's SPICE training class will be held in a hotel near Pasadena, California on June 4-6, 2019. NASA's SPICE system is used for computing observation geometry for robotic science missions. It has been in use since the Magellan mission to Venus, and is now used on most worldwide planetary missions as well as on some heliophysics and Earth science missions. This three-day class is free of charge and is open to everyone involved with space science, including foreign nationals and commercial enterprises. Attendance will be limited to the first 60 registrants. Details about the class and the required registration form are found here: https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/WS2019_announcement.html 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 NEOWISE 2019 DATA RELEASE The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at Caltech announce the NEOWISE 2019 Data Release. The 2019 Data Release includes data acquired during the fifth year of the NEOWISE Reactivation mission (Mainzer et al. 2014, ApJ, 792, 30), December 13, 2017 to December 13, 2018. These data are combined with those from Year 1-4 NEOWISE into a single archive that contains 12.8 million sets of 3.4 and 4.6 micron images and a database of ~95 billion source detections. NEOWISE scanned the sky nearly ten complete times during the first five years of its survey, with approximately six months between survey passes. With twelve or more independent 3.4 and 4.6 micron exposures on each point of the sky during each epoch, the NEOWISE archive is a time-domain resource for extracting multiple, independent thermal flux and position measurements of Solar System small bodies, as well as background galactic and extragalactic sources. A quick guide to the NEOWISE data release, data access instructions and supporting documentation is available at: http://wise2.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/release/neowise/ NEOWISE is a project of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology. NEOWISE is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Planetary Science Division. 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 OPAG MEETING AGENDA ANNOUNCED The OPAG April 23-24, 2019 meeting Agenda has been posted on the OPAG website: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/upcoming 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR ASTRONOMY - REGISTRATION OPEN Please note that registration is now open for the summer school in Software Systems for Astronomy (SSfA-6). The course will take place July 15-26, 2019, on the Big Island of Hawaii. The course covers software design and implementation of telescope and instrument control systems, observation planning tools, and software for analyzing and archiving astronomical data. If you are not a University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) student, use this link to register: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/depts/summer/SummerAdmissions.php If you are a UHH student, use this link to register: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/depts/summer/SummerCourseRegistration.php More information can be found here: http://astro.uhh.hawaii.edu/Summer/Summer-2019/ssfa19.php Direct questions to aconrad@hawaii.edu 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 ROCKY WORLDS: FROM THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO EXOPLANETS January 6-8, 2020 (Monday-Wednesday) at the Kavli Institute, Cambridge, UK This is to announce that registration for the Rocky Worlds meeting is now open, please find the link to register here: https://www.kicc.cam.ac.uk/events/rocky-worlds-from-the-solar-system -to-exoplanets The planets that are best understood are the four telluric planets of our own Solar System. Applying the detailed understanding gleaned from these bodies is crucial in our interpretation of exoplanetary systems. As the characterisation of new exo-planetary systems proceeds it will in turn improve understanding of our own Solar System, and in particular of how habitable Earth-like planets may form. This workshop aims to bring together planetary scientists, astronomers, and Earth scientists to foster discussion and build the collaborations that will pave the way for the next decade of rocky exoplanet discovery and characterisation. We encourage applications from all interested parties, although the meeting is limited to 50 participants. We particularly encourage early career scientists interested in forging collaborations across disciplines to apply. There will be no registration fee and a number of grants will be available to support travel costs, childcare costs, or any other costs associated with accessibility. Please contact rw2020@ast.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions. 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT A new postdoctoral fellow position is available within the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (hemi.jhu.edu) at Johns Hopkins University in the area of hypervelocity impact experiments on geophysical and quasibrittle materials. The primary experiments will be performed at the new HyFIRE facility at Johns Hopkins, which achieves impact velocities of 7 km/s with rich diagnostics, including flash X-ray, ultra-high-speed optical visualization, photon doppler velocimetry, and high-speed spectral imaging. The potential candidate should have a Ph.D. in mechanics, geophysics, planetary science, materials science, or physics. A willingness to work with modelers performing large-scale impact simulations is expected. An interest in data science and machine learning is a plus. If you are interested, please send an email to ramesh@jhu.edu with a single PDF file containing your curriculum vitae, the names of at least two references, and a brief research statement. Please use the subject line "HEMI Postdoctoral Fellow in Hypervelocity Impact." Review of applications will begin May 15. The Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and is committed to building a diverse environment; women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Details can be found at: https://hemi.jhu.edu/join-hemi/job-and-internship-opportunities/ 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 JOBS AT SYSU The Department of Space Science, affiliated with the School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), is now providing a variety of permanent, fulltime academic jobs in space and planetary science, including (but not limited to) the studies of terrestrial middle/upper atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere, the studies of planetary atmospheres and space environments, as well as the studies of solar atmosphere and solar wind. The job vacancies include teaching & research positions at all ranks and depending on applicant's experience and age, the appointment will be made on the level of full or associate professors, both within the framework of the University's Top 100 Talents Program. The candidate should have a PhD degree in related fields and shows excellent research records. Successful candidates will be offered generous research startup funding, competitive salaries, relocation fee, as well as convenient housing and family care facilities close to the beautiful and newly constructed campus. For more information, please contact Dr. Jun Cui (cuijun7@mail.sysu.edu.cn). More information about SYSU could be found at: http://www.sysu.edu.cn/2012/en/index.htm The School of Atmospheric Sciences is located within the Zhuhai campus. 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS June 4-6, 2019 SPICE Training Class https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/WS2019_announcement.html Pasadena, CA July 15-26 Software Systems for Astronomy Summer School http://astro.uhh.hawaii.edu/Summer/Summer-2019/ssfa19.php Hilo, HI July 22-24, 2019 The 4th International Conference on Lunar and Deep Space Exploration (LDSE) http://ldse2019.csp.escience.cn Zhuhai, China January 6-8, 2020 Rocky Worlds: From the Solar System to Exoplanets https://www.kicc.cam.ac.uk/events/rocky-worlds-from-the-solar-system -to-exoplanets Cambridge, UK 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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