PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 15, Number 1 (January 3, 2021) 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 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 1. Postdoctoral Associate at Lowell Observatory 2. [NASA] Aperiodic PDS Data Releases in 2020.12 3. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 4. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 5. 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 POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE AT LOWELL OBSERVATORY Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona is currently seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Associate in Near-Earth Objects Studies. A complete job description and instructions on how to apply can be found on our employment page: https://lowell.edu/about/employment/ Inquiries may be sent to Catie Blazek at humanresources@lowell.edu 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 [NASA] APERIODIC PDS DATA RELEASES IN 2020.12 In December 2020, PDS ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: 2020.12.02 Apollo Passive Seismic Experiment Expanded Event Catalog 2020.12.08 Rosetta: SREM data, complete 2020.12.21 Rosetta: NAVCAM L3 data 2020.12.21 Rosetta: RPCLAP data, complete 2020.12.21 Mars Express: Mars MRS 1/2/3 Extended Mission 5 3825 to 3829 To access those data: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20201231.shtml To access all data archived in PDS: https://pds.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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The January image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "The Mysterious Morphology of Hekla Cavus, Pluto", contributed by Dr Caitlin Ahrens (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA). You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Twitter: @PlanetGeomorpho or Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology 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 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html March 22-24, 2021 TRiple EvolutioN and DYnamics 3 https://sites.northwestern.edu/trendy3/ Online [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] 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 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas http://psj.aas.org Exploring Trans-Neptunian Space with TESS: A Targeted Shift-Stacking Search for Planet Nine and Distant TNOs in the Galactic Plane Malena Rice and Gregory Laughlin 2020 PSJ 1:81 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abc42c Volatile-rich Asteroids in the Inner Solar System Joseph A. Nuth III et al. 2020 PSJ 1:82 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abc26a Intensity Distribution in the Heads of Comets L. Haser et al. 2020 PSJ 1:83 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abc17b Seeing the Bigger Picture: Rosetta Mission Amateur Observing Campaign and Lessons for the Future Helen Usher et al. 2020 PSJ 1:84 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abca46 Spatial Variations in the Altitude of the CH 4 Homopause at Jupiter's Mid-to-high Latitudes, as Constrained from IRTF-TEXES Spectra James A. Sinclair et al. 2020 PSJ 1:85 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abc887 Risks for Life on Proxima b from Sterilizing Impacts Amir Siraj and Abraham Loeb 2020 PSJ 1:86 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abc692 *********************************************************************** * 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. Alternatively, * the editorial staff will create one for you. Go to * http://planetarynews.org/submission.html for complete submission * directions. * * PEN is a service provided by the Planetary Science Institute * (http://www.psi.edu) using no NASA funds. All editorial work is * volunteer. **********************************************************************