PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 15, Number 6 (February 7, 2021) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Georgiana Kramer Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Elisabeth Adams Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. 15th Conference of HelAS 2. Summer Undergraduate Program in Planetary Research (SUPPR): Mentors Needed 3. Requests for Endorsements for Next Generation Arecibo Telescope White Paper 4. Mass Spectrometer Calibration Engineer 5. Research Associate in Planetary Atmospheres, University of Leicester 6. Job Announcement: Planetary Science Archive Science Lead at ESA 7. Job Opportunity: Outreach and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Activities Coordinator 8. Postdoc Opportunity on Hayabusa Return Samples 9. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 10. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 11. 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 15TH CONFERENCE OF HELAS The 15th Hellenic Astronomical Conference will take place in Patras, Greece, July 5-8, 2021. https://helas.gr/conf/2021/index.php The HelAS conference is the major scientific event of the Greek astronomical community. It occurs every two years in a different part of Greece, and brings together scientists with research interests in Astrophysics, Planetary Science, and Space Physics. Conference sessions Session 1: "Heliophysics and the Solar System" Session 2: "Extragalactic Astronomy and Astrophysics" Session 3: "Cosmology and Relativistic Astrophysics" Session 4: "Stars, Planets and the Interstellar Medium" Important dates: Registration & Abstract Submission opens: February 1, 2021 Abstract Submission closes: April 30, 2021 Notification of Abstract Acceptance: May 17, 2021 Registration Deadline: May 31, 2021 Conference Program: June 18, 2021 We look forward to seeing you in Patras! On behalf of the Scientific & Local Organizing committee, Prof. Vassilis Charmandaris, President of Hel.A.S. Even though we remain optimistic that world pandemic situation will improve and we will be able to meet in person in July, all measures are taken for the Conference to go virtual. A decision to that extent will be taken by April 30, 2021 and it will be announced in the conference website. 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 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN PLANETARY RESEARCH (SUPPR): MENTORS NEEDED SUPPR will match you with a qualified undergraduate intern for 8 weeks during the summer. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/suppr/ SUPPR covers the costs of travel to and from your home institution, housing, and provides the intern with a stipend. If COVID-19 allows, the intern will be hosted at your home institution; if not, please note that we successfully completed remotely mentored internships in 2020, and mentors will be asked to consider that option for 2021. You are eligible to apply to be a SUPPR mentor if you hold funding from NASA's Solar System Workings (SSW). Mentor applications are due February 17 at midnight (Eastern Standard Time). Online mentor applications can be found at: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/suppr/mentors/ Please email Dr. Tracy Gregg (tgregg@buffalo.edu) with any questions. 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 REQUESTS FOR ENDORSEMENTS FOR NEXT GENERATION ARECIBO TELESCOPE WHITE PAPER The Arecibo Observatory (AO) staff, together with members of the scientific community, prepared the white paper "The Future of the Arecibo Observatory: The Next Generation Arecibo Telescope"", which presents a proposal to replace the legacy 305-m Arecibo telescope with a new, unparalleled instrument that will push forward the boundaries of Planetary Science, Space and Atmospheric Sciences, and Astronomy for decades to come. This white paper will be presented to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and will be shared with representatives from the U.S. Congress in February to request support for the construction of the Next Generation Arecibo Telescope (NGAT). The community support of this white paper is a crucial factor in the future of AO. Thus, we kindly ask you to sign this form of endorsement for the white paper and to share it with your colleagues (and students) in the science community. Our goal is to collect the majority of endorsements by February 10. To access this white paper and more information: http://www.naic.edu/ao/ngat To endorse this white paper: https://forms.gle/uKPF36H3mBwiizrY9 [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 MASS SPECTROMETER CALIBRATION ENGINEER Applications are now being accepted for a mass spectrometer calibration engineer to support the development of flight and ground instrumentation at NASA's Planetary Environment Laboratory at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. The position is funded through UMBC and CRESST II. The ideal candidate will have strong programming skills and experience operating experimental setups. Duties will include developing software for instrument control and data acquisition/display on the ground and during flight. We have a considerable "code base" from development for previous missions: MSL/SAM (Mars), LADEE/NMS (Moon), MAVEN/NGIMS (Mars), ExoMars/MOMA (Mars), and SEAL/NMS (Moon) and several new missions. Desired skills include: - BS or MA in computer science, engineering, or astronomy - C++ for GUI applications - Experience with Qt development - Comfortable on multiple computer platforms (Linux, Mac, Windows) - Experience with communication / data acquisition software development - Some python experience a plus - Basic laboratory / instrumentation experience. Experience on UH vacuum systems is a plus - Good troubleshooting skills - Basic electronics knowledge (DVM, oscilloscopes, ESD, safety) - Basic physics and chemistry knowledge Applications received by February 14, 2021 will receive best consideration. https://cresst2.umd.edu/opportunities/researchopp.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 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Salary: Grade 7 34,804 to 40,322 pounds per annum. Funding is available until 31 March 2022 with a possibility of extension. Closing date: 28 February 2021 The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester invites applications for one or more Research Associates in Planetary Atmospheric Science. The Research Associates will join the atmospheres team led by Dr. Leigh Fletcher, tasked with addressing the scientific aims of a European Research Council (ERC) grant to explore the atmospheres of the giant planets. The "GIANTCLIMES" programme investigates natural cycles of meteorology, circulation, and chemical processes shaping the four giant planets over long spans of time. The successful applicant will be expected to develop and expand on a pipeline for interpreting planetary observations from the James Webb Space Telescope and ground-based facilities. We are therefore particularly interested in candidates with expertise in planetary data analysis, planetary atmospheres, and spectral inversion techniques, but all applicants with a strong background in planetary science are encouraged to apply. Enquiries to Dr. Leigh Fletcher on leigh.fletcher@le.ac.uk. Full Details: tinyurl.com/2urxgr4b 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 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: PLANETARY SCIENCE ARCHIVE SCIENCE LEAD AT ESA Announcing a new vacancy at the European Space Agency as Science Lead of the Planetary Science Archive and Archive Scientist of a Planetary mission, based at ESAC, near Madrid, in Spain. You can find all the details at: tinyurl.com/4pak08dm The deadline for applications is March 16, 2021. 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 JOB OPPORTUNITY: OUTREACH AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR The Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences at UCLA is seeking to fill an administrator position that will focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Position responsibilities will include coordinating departmental outreach efforts, coordinating initiatives to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the geosciences at UCLA and beyond, teaching 1-2 courses per academic year, and writing proposals to support diversity and outreach activities. Requirements for the position include a Ph.D. in geosciences or related field and a demonstrated commitment to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion. Teaching and grant writing experience are preferred. For more information see the full job description here: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF06093 Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Mackenzie Day (daym@epss.ucla.edu) or Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (clb@epss.ucla.edu) with questions about the position. Applications will be collected until February 28, 2021. 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 POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY ON HAYABUSA RETURN SAMPLES The postdoc will be in charge of the coupled analysis of mineral analogues subjected to annealing in reducing and oxidizing conditions and to low-energy irradiation. These conditions will be useful to interpret spectra collected on true samples during the second half of year 2021 and 2022. The postdoc will also present their work at the monthly 'Min-Pet' group meetings. During the second half of 2021, non-destructive analysis of the real grains will be performed by our two teams. The postdoc, primarily located at the Institut de Mineralogie, de Physique des Materiaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), will participate in all the analytical sessions of the coupled methods in APS in Chicago and SOLEIL (Saclay). These sessions will be carried out at least from July to November 2021 and later in 2022. The postdoc will be a pivotal member of the team, ideally specialized on the fate of hydrous silicates during secondary processes. The research will take place at IMPMC in Paris, France, a pluridisciplinary departement where research relies on the combination of approaches from material science, Earth science and biology. For more information and how to apply: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/595945 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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The February 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 Jezero crater western delta, Mars", contributed by Axel Noblet (Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique de Nantes, France). 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) 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html No new meetings. [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.] 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 SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas http://psj.aas.org Examination of Fragment Species in the Comae of Several Comets Using an Integral Field Unit Spectrograph Donna M. Pierce and Anita L. Cochran 2021 PSJ 2:19 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abd037 Testing Short-term Variability and Sampling of Primary Volatiles in Comet 46P/Wirtanen Younas Khan et al. 2021 PSJ 2:20 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abc95c Quantifying the Hypervolatile Abundances in Jupiter-family Comet 46P/Wirtanen Adam J. McKay et al. 2021 PSJ 2:21 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abd71d The Sizes and Albedos of Centaurs 2014 YY 49 and 2013 NL 24 from Stellar Occultation Measurements by RECON Ryder H. Strauss et al. 2021 PSJ 2:22 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abd62a A Deep Search for Emission from "Rock Comet" (3200) Phaethon at 1 AU Quanzhi Ye et al. 2021 PSJ 2:23 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abcc71 *********************************************************************** * 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.php, 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. 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