PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 14, Number 24 (June 7, 2020) 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. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 2. EPSC2020 Session EXO3: From Protoplanetary Disks to Small Bodies, Planets and their Atmospheres 3. EPSC2020 Session EXO4: Exoplanet Observations, Modelling and Experiments, Characterization of their Atmospheres 4. EPSC2020 Session OPS4: Icy Ocean Worlds - Past and Future Explorations 5. EPSC2020 Session OPS5: Environments of Outer-Planet Moons - Particles, Plasma, Fields and Dust 6. [NASA] ROSES-20: Delay of Step-2 Proposal Due Dates for Several Programs in Planetary Science 7. NASA Network for Ocean Worlds Quarterly Lecture Series 8. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 53 9. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter for June 2020 10. Postdoc Position in Planetary Seismology 11. Map of Every Mars Landing Attempt, Ever 12. Positions Open on the LEAG Executive Committee 13. Ice Giant White Paper 14. Postdoctoral Researcher in Planetary Magnetospheric Physics 15. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 16. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers 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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The June image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "Labyrinth terrain on Titan", contributed by Dr. Michael J. Malaska, Ph.D., Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology or Twitter: @PlanetGeomorpho Best wishes, Frances Butcher (Chair, IAG Planetary Geomorphology working group) 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 EPSC2020 SESSION EXO3: FROM PROTOPLANETARY DISKS TO SMALL BODIES, PLANETS AND THEIR ATMOSPHERES How and when planets did formed in the Solar System and in extra-solar systems? Are protoplanetary disks massive enough to form the planets' cores? And what chemical composition do planets and primitive Solar System bodies inherit from their natal environment? Is the chemical composition passed unaltered from the earliest stages of the formation of a star to its disk and then to the bodies which assemble in the disk? Or does it reflect chemical processes occurring in the disk and/or during the planet formation process? The aim of this session is to review the latest results on protoplanetary disks; to foster a comparison with the recent outcomes of small bodies space missions (e.g. Rosetta, Dawn, Hayabusa 2, OSIRIS-REX) and ground-based observations; and to discuss how these will affect the current models of planet formation and can guide us to investigate the origin of planets and small bodies and of their chemical composition. https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2020/session/38481 Abstracts are due June 24, 2020, 13:00 CEST. Go to: https://www.epsc2020.eu/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html Linda Podio, Mauro Ciarniello, Cecile Favre, Carlo Felice Manara, and Francesco Marzari [Edited for length] 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 EPSC2020 SESSION EXO4: EXOPLANET OBSERVATIONS, MODELLING AND EXPERIMENTS, CHARACTERIZATION OF THEIR ATMOSPHERES The field of extrasolar planets is one of the most rapidly changing areas of astrophysics and planetary science. Ground-based surveys and dedicated space missions have already discovered more than 4000 planets with many more detections expected in the near future. A key challenge is now the characterisation of their atmospheres in order to answer to the questions: what are these worlds actually like and what processes govern their formation and evolution? To answer these questions, a broad range of skills and expertise are required, stretching from Solar System science to statistical astrophysics, from ground-based observations to spacecraft measurements, and atmospheric/interior/orbital modelling. The numerous studies conducted in the past twenty years have unveiled a large diversity of atmospheres. The next generation of space and ground based facilities (e.g. E-ELT, JWST, and ARIEL) will characterise this multifarious population in stunning detail and challenge our current understanding. Both theoretical works and experimental measurements are required to prepare for such a change of scale. Abstracts are due June 24, 2020, 13:00 CEST. Go to: https://www.epsc2020.eu/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html Olivia Venot, Monika Lendl, Giuseppe Morello, Vivien Parmentier, Ingo Waldmann [Edited for length] 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 EPSC2020 SESSION OPS4: ICY OCEAN WORLDS - PAST AND FUTURE EXPLORATIONS Conveners: Gabriel Tobie, Carly Howett, Alice Lucchetti, Frank Postberg, Federico Tosi The exploration of the outer Solar System by Galileo at Jupiter, Cassini-Huygens at Saturn, and New Horizons at Pluto-Charon, has revealed that several icy worlds harbor a subsurface salty ocean underneath their cold icy surface. By flying through the icy-vapor plume erupting from Enceladus' south pole, Cassini proceeded for the first time to the analysis of fresh materials coming from an extraterrestrial ocean, revealing its astrobiological potentials. Even if there is no direct evidence yet, similar oceanic habitats might also be present within Europa, Ganymede and Titan, which will be characterized by future missions currently under development for the exploration of icy Galilean moons (JUICE, Europa Clipper) and of Saturn's moon Titan (Dragonfly). Understanding these ocean worlds requires input from a variety of scientific disciplines: planetary geology and geophysics, atmospheric physics, life sciences, magnetospheric environment, space weathering, as well as supporting laboratory studies, numerical simulations, preparatory studies for future missions and technology developments in instrumentation and engineering. We welcome abstracts that span this full breadth of disciplines. Abstracts are due June 24, 2020, 13:00 CEST. Go to: https://www.epsc2020.eu/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html [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 EPSC2020 SESSION OPS5: ENVIRONMENTS OF OUTER-PLANET MOONS - PARTICLES, PLASMA, FIELDS AND DUST Dates: September 21, 2020 - October 9, 2020 Abstracts are due June 24, 2020, 13:00 CEST https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2020/session/38528 This session focuses on outstanding questions on the environments of the moons of outer planets: including the neutral particles (e.g., torii, atmospheres, exospheres, and plumes), electromagnetic fields, dust and plasma, and the interaction of the moons with their environments. Abstracts on all outer planet moons are welcome, including those of Jupiter and Saturn and the not-well explored moons of Neptune and Uranus. The different topics include (but are not limited to): active processes (e.g., plumes and volcanoes), moon-magnetosphere interaction, induced fields by subsurface oceans, surface weathering of the moons, neutral exosphere and ionosphere, dust environment, preparatory studies for future missions, supporting laboratory studies, simulation studies and observations (ground-based/remote/in-situ). Missions of particular relevance include Galileo, Voyager, Cassini-Huygens, Hisaki, Juno, JUICE and Europa Clipper. Please help us spread the word about this session by forwarding this message to your colleagues and in particular to any early career researcher in your network that is working on a relevant topic. 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] ROSES-20: DELAY OF STEP-2 PROPOSAL DUE DATES FOR SEVERAL PROGRAMS IN PLANETARY SCIENCE The Step-2 proposal due dates for a number of programs in planetary science have been delayed as follows: C.24 Yearly Opportunities for Research in Planetary Defense (YORPD): June 17, 2020. Questions may be directed to Kelly Fast at kelly.e.fast@nasa.gov. C.6 Solar System Observations (SSO): June 17, 2020. Questions may be directed to Lucas Paganini at lucas.paganini@nasa.gov. C.20 Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation Program (DALI): July 10, 2020. Questions may be directed to Ryan Stephan at Ryan.A.Stephan@nasa.gov. C.13 Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE): July 17, 2020. Questions may be directed to Haris Riris at haris.riris-1@nasa.gov. C.4 Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools (PDART): July 24, 2020. Questions may be directed to K.C. Hansen at HQ-PDART@mail.nasa.gov. Go to: http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020 https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/roses-2020/ [Edited for length] 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 NETWORK FOR OCEAN WORLDS QUARTERLY LECTURE SERIES The first season of the Network for Ocean Worlds quarterly Lecture Series, "Life on Ocean Worlds," will continue on June 15th at 2 PM EDT (11 am PDT). Episode 2: "Life on the seafloors and in the oceans" will consist of two live 20-minute lectures: 1. "Earth: Life on the seafloors and in the oceans" by Dr. Julie Huber, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2. "Ocean Worlds: Life on the seafloors and in the oceans," by Dr. Kevin Hand, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m3f3823e3901f6e1680bec37ca66cd185 The lectures will each be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions. Afterwards, the lines will stay open for an additional 30 minutes for an audience discussion of crosscutting themes between the exploration of oceans and ice on the Earth and in the Solar System. The meetings will be available online. NOW Season 1: Life on Ocean Worlds Episode 1: Introduction to Cryospheres: The Ocean Worlds and Earth Episode 2: Life on the seafloors and in the oceans Episode 3: Life in the ice and ice-ocean interface Episode 4: Life on the surface and in atmospheres Questions: Sam Howell (samuel.m.howell@jpl.nasa.gov) Ella Sciamma-O'Brien (ella.m.sciammaobrien@nasa.gov) Shannon MacKenzie (Shannon.MacKenzie@jhuapl.edu) Laurie Barge (laura.m.barge@jpl.nasa.gov) [Edited for length] 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 MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 53 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce a new delivery of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) data for the following instruments: CRISM CTX HiRISE MARCI MCS RSS SHARAD SPICE Delivery of SHARAD EDR and RDR products to PDS has been delayed. The products are expected to be released on or before June 8. Note: no more derived gravity data will be added to the archive. In general, MRO Release 53 includes data collected from August 9 to November 8, 2019. To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20200601.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/ 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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE 2020 On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Brandi Carrier, and Dave Beaty of the Mars Program Science Office, the June 2020 edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be found attached and on the web at: http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov In this newsletter, we continue to update the upcoming conference schedule with postponements, cancellations, and conversions to virtual meetings. We hope everyone remains safe and healthy within these stressful, rapidly evolving, social-isolating times. Please send your Mars community announcements and calendar items for inclusion in the newsletter to Barbara at: Barbara.A.Saltzberg@jpl.nasa.gov 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 POSTDOC POSITION IN PLANETARY SEISMOLOGY The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has an immediate opening for a postdoctoral researcher in the field of planetary seismology. The new hire will engage in a project to establish likely bounds on the nature and amount of seismic activity on Venus, assemble a catalog of potential Venus-analog events using records from a variety of traditional and non-traditional seismic sources recorded in Alaska and elsewhere, and then use the catalog to evaluate the viability of potential instrument designs and analysis algorithms for an eventual seismograph on Venus. This is a one-year project, but the expectation is that a strong performer could transition into a multi-year position conducting a TBD mix of terrestrial and planetary seismology. Candidate is expected to be well-versed in earthquake seismology; familiarity with planetary science is desirable but not required. More information about the position can be found here: https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/robertherrick/resources/postdoc-advertisement?authuser=0 Directions on how to apply: https://careers.alaska.edu/en-us/job/514947/planetary-seismology-postdoctoral-fellow Review of applications will begin June 22, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled; our desire is to have a person in place by late summer. 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 MAP OF EVERY MARS LANDING ATTEMPT, EVER New and improved guide to all the places we've landed - or crashed: https://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/map-every-mars-landing-attempt.html The map contains latitude/longitude and elevation information for all Mars landing sites including 3 proposed future ones. It's available in PDF format so can be printed and/or customized. 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 POSITIONS OPEN ON THE LEAG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) is seeking applications for up to six open positions starting in August 2020. The LEAG Executive Committee organizes LEAG meetings, writes LEAG findings, and takes a leadership role in other activities where community input on topics of interest is needed. Appointments are for either two or three year terms, such that roll-off is staggered. LEAG seeks to have an Executive Committee that is as diverse as the community, in terms of factors such as career stage, demographics, type of employer, and area of expertise. In particular, we are currently seeking members who can help lead in the following areas: Lunar Science Technology Human Exploration Commercial Early Career Secretary If you are interested in serving on the LEAG Executive Committee, please email Brett Denevi (Brett.Denevi@jhuapl.edu) by 19 June 2020. Include a short statement describing why you are interested in joining the committee, and a two-page CV. [Edited for length] 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 ICE GIANT WHITE PAPER A draft of a White Paper for the NASA Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 titled "Magnetospheric Studies: A requirement for addressing interdisciplinary mysteries in the Ice Giant systems" is now available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1kFQWKLUqnBYZeMwuug2ccDt11gTsu7/view?usp=sharing It will be submitted prior to the 4 July 2020 deadline. Until then we welcome additional endorsements. Please reach out to Peter Kollmann (Peter.Kollmann@jhuapl.edu). 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS Applications are now being accepted for two postdoctoral scientists to work with the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Planetary Magnetospheres Laboratory in Greenbelt, MD. The position is funded through the CRESST II. Position 1: The postdoctoral researcher will work for either the Juno project with the primary responsibility of conducting analysis and publishing the magnetometer results. In addition, the candidate will assist with the magnetometer data validation and calibration. Position 2: The data scientist's primary responsibility will be to develop a data production pipeline for future magnetometer missions. This involves taking raw magnetometer data, applying the appropriate transformations and calibrations, and producing the final public data products. The data scientist is encouraged to pursue their own research interest. Candidates for this position should have earned a Ph.D. in physics, astronomy, planetary science, space physics, geosciences, or related fields. Successful candidates should also have expertise with one or more programming languages commonly used in space science and a demonstrated track record in analyzing spaceflight data, especially magnetometer data and experience with the NAIF SPICE software package is highly desired. Applications received by July 15, 2020 will receive the best consideration. Full job posting: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/bb0cf722 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 September 21-October 9, 2020 Europlanet Science Congress https://www.epsc2020.eu/ Online October 18-21, 2020 International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS 2020) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/isairas2020/ Pasadena, CA Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html [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.] 16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org Embryo Formation with GPU Acceleration: Reevaluating the Initial Conditions for Terrestrial Accretion Matthew S. Clement et al. 2020 PSJ 1:18 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ab91aa Catastrophic Disruption of Hollow Ice Spheres Kathryn H. Harriss and Mark J. Burchell 2020 PSJ 1:19 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ab8f34 *********************************************************************** * 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. Title plus text is limited to 200 words. All PEN * submissions will be tweeted @pen2tweets. Please submit a 234 (or * fewer) character tweet to accommodate the PEN tag. 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