PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 14, Number 46 (November 8, 2020) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Elisabeth Adams Co-Editors: Georgiana Kramer, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 2. Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter for November 2020 3. AbSciCon Now in 2022 4. Ph.D. and Postdoc Positions on Exoplanets in Oslo, Norway 5. [NASA] ROSES-20: FINESST (Soliciting Graduate Student Research) 6. First Mercury Science and Exploration Newsletter Released 7. [NASA] ROSES-20: Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) 8. [NASA] Advance Notice Regarding New Frontiers 5 (NF5) Announcement of Opportunity 9. [NASA] Fundamental Physics Program Virtual Townhall 10. [NASA] PDS: JUNO Data Release 13 11. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 12. 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 November image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "Overlapping Lobate Deposits in Martian Gullies", contributed by Rishitosh Sinha (Physical Research Laboratory, India). You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Twitter: @PlanetGeomorpho or Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology 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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR NOVEMBER 2020 Mars Community, On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Brandi Carrier, and Dave Beaty of the Mars Program Science Office, the November 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 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 ABSCICON NOW IN 2022 The chairs of AbSciCon have shared that meeting is being postponed until 2022. The new meeting dates are 15-20 May 2022. It will still be held in Atlanta. https://www.agu.org/abscicon 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 PH.D. AND POSTDOC POSITIONS ON EXOPLANETS IN OSLO, NORWAY The University of Oslo, Department for Geosciences, Centre for Earth Evolutions and Dynamics invites applications to two positions in Planetary/Exoplanetary Sciences. The successful Ph.D. candidate is expected to evaluate the variability of terrestrial planet interior structures based on experimental and computational mineral physics. https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/193760/phd-research-fellow-in-planetary-sciences-exoplanetary-research The successful postdoc candidate is expected to evaluate extensively the range of protoplanetary disk composition for hypothetical terrestrial planet formation. https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/193685/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-planetary-sciences-exoplanetary-research Application deadline November 15, 2020 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 [NASA] ROSES-20: FINESST (SOLICITING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH) Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) solicit proposals from accredited U.S. universities and other eligible organizations for graduate student-designed and performed research projects. Due: February 4, 2021 Optional pre-proposal telecon: Nov. 17, 2020, 12:30-1:30 p.m. EST No earlier than 30 minutes prior to the start time, call 1-888-994-8796 (U.S.-only Toll Free) or 1-517-308-9203 (U.S. Toll) and use Participant Passcode: 3134590. Restrictions may prevent the use of a toll-free number from a mobile or free phone; from telephones outside the U.S; or from computer software such as Skype. For U.S. TTY-equipped callers or other types of relay service no earlier than 30 minutes before the start of the teleconference, call 711 and provide the same conference call number and passcode. Teleconference charts posted by noon EST on teleconference day under "Other Documents" on FINESST's NSPIRES page. Email teleconference agenda suggestions, questions by November 13, 2020. NSPIRES will post a written summary of the recorded call within 45 business days. Audio-only replay available November 18 - December 16, 2020. http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020 HQ-FINESST@mail.nasa.gov [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 FIRST MERCURY SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER RELEASED The Mercury Exploration Assessment Group (MExAG) is circulating the first issue of "The Mercury Newsletter." This new quarterly community newsletter can be accessed online at: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mexag/newsletter/ In this newsletter, we introduce MExAG and its Steering Committee and highlight Mercury science news and upcoming meetings. Please send your Mercury community announcements and calendar items for inclusion in the newsletter to the MExAG Steering Committee at mexag.sc@gmail.com. 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] ROSES-20: PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON (PRISM) The Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) program element solicits proposals for investigations that include development and flight of science-driven suites of instruments and technology demonstration payloads that will be delivered to the lunar surface on Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). This PRISM solicitation calls for science investigations that will be delivered to the lunar surface in late Calendar Year (CY) 2023 and early CY2024 to predetermined lunar landing sites. These deliveries will go to Reiner Gamma (a lunar swirl) in Quarter 4 2023, and a Schroedinger Basin impact melt (lunar far side) in Quarter 2 2024. Proposals must identify one of these lunar landing sites and propose an investigation uniquely achieved at that location. No other landing sites shall be proposed. Some technology development and maturation within the proposed project is allowed, but the primary review criteria for selection are the merit of the proposed science investigation and ability to deliver on schedule. Mandatory Step-1 Proposals: December 11, 2020 Step-2 proposals: January 19, 2021 Announcement NNH20ZDA001N posted at: http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020 Contact: Brad Bailey, HQ-PRISM@mail.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 [NASA] ADVANCE NOTICE REGARDING NEW FRONTIERS 5 (NF5) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY NASA has recently released a community announcement sharing some draft policies under consideration for the New Frontiers 5 AO. These draft policies are being shared in order to provide the opportunity for the community to give feedback to NASA. This feedback will be considered by NASA as part of the ongoing AO preparation process to revise these and other policies. The announcement is available at https://newfrontiers.larc.nasa.gov/NF5/ Questions and feedback on the draft policies in the notice are due by February 19, 2021, and may be addressed to Dr. Curt Niebur, New Frontiers Program Lead Scientist, Planetary Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, Washington, DC 20546; Tel.: (202) 358-0390; Email: curt.niebur@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 [NASA] FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS PROGRAM VIRTUAL TOWNHALL The Fundamental Physics program of NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) Division will be conducting a virtual townhall on December 3, 2020, to discuss research foci and potential mission candidates in preparation for consideration in the upcoming BPS Decadal Survey, which will establish research priorities and help determine the future BPS (and Fundamental Physics) scope and funding for the decade starting in 2023. In order to achieve a high priority for Fundamental Physics research and ensure its future healthy growth, it is important that the fundamental physics community, researchers, theorists, technologists, as well as industrial partners, participate in a strong and meaningful way in this activity. Specific topical areas currently expected to be discussed in the townhall are: * Cold Atom Physics * Quantum Entanglement * Optical Clock-Based Experiments * Direct Detection of Dark Energy * Dusty Plasma Physics Experiments on the Moon * Complex/Dusty Plasma Physics on the International Space Station * Other Space Fundamental Physics Research We welcome and strongly encourage interested scientists, researchers, and industrial partners to participate in the townhall and the decadal survey activities. To register for this event please visit: https://asgsr.org/decadal-survey/ [Edited for length] 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 [NASA] PDS: JUNO DATA RELEASE 13 The Planetary Data System announces the 13th release of data from the JUNO mission. The release includes EDR and RDR level data acquired between 2019-12-27 and 2020-04-10, which covers Juno Orbits 25 and 26. Data sets from the following experiments are now available: *Gravity JADE (plasma) JEDI (energetic particle detector) *JIRAM (infrared auroral mapper) JunoCam (camera) *MWR (microwave radiometer) SPICE *UVS (ultraviolet imaging spectrometer) Waves (radio and plasma wave science) *includes PDS4 versions of metadata FGM data will soon be available. To access the above data, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20201106.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 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html February 22-26, 2021 Habitable Worlds https://aas.org/meetings/aastcs8/habitable Online September 20-24, 2021 Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy with Extremely Large Telescopes https://elt2020.web.ox.ac.uk Oxford, United Kingdom May 15-22, 2022 Origins and Exploration: From Stars to Cells (AbSciCon) https://www.agu.org/abscicon Altanta, GA [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.] 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas http://psj.aas.org ALMA Observations of Io Going into and Coming out of Eclipse Imke de Pater et al 2020 PSJ 1 60 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abb93d Space Weathering Affects the Remote Near-IR Identification of Phyllosilicates Stefano Rubino et al 2020 PSJ 1 61 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abb94c ********************************************************************** * 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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