PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 15, Number 47 (November 14, 2021) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Alex Morgan, Georgiana Kramer Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. 2022 Pierazzo International Student Travel Award 2. Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position in Sedimentary Geology 3. Mercury's Surface Response to the Interplanetary Environment: Identifying Needed Studies in Laboratory Astrophysics 4. GeoPlaNet International Week for VR in Geosciences 5. EGU2022 Session GM11.1/PS11: Planetary Geomorphology 6. EGU2022 Session PS4.5: Mars Science and Exploration 7. EGU2022 Session PS11.1: Planet-Biogeo-Climate-Geomorph-Ocean Science Multi-Program Session 8. SBAG Early Career Opportunities 9. Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Job Vacancy Announcement - ARC-22-ST-11259044 10. OPAG Hybrid Town Hall at AGU Fall Meeting 2021 11. Postdoc Position at SwRI with SSERVI Node ESPRESSO 12. [NASA] Announcement of selections for the MDT on I-MIM 13. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 14. 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 2022 PIERAZZO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD After monitoring the COVID pandemic and seeing upcoming conferences increasingly scheduled in-person, the Planetary Science Institute is pleased to announce the 2022 Pierazzo International Student Travel Award. Application deadline: 9 PM PST, November 26, 2021 Awards will be announced on or before December 6, 2021. This award is established by the Planetary Science Institute in memory of Senior Scientist Betty Pierazzo to support and encourage graduate students to build international collaborations and relationships in planetary science. Two awards will be made each year, contingent upon there being meritorious applications. One will be awarded to a graduate student working on his or her Ph.D. at an institution within the U.S. to support travel to a planetary science related meeting (conferences and workshops) outside of the U.S. The second award will be to a graduate student working on his or her Ph.D. at an institution outside of the U.S. to support travel to a planetary science related meeting within the U.S. These include general meetings that have planetary-focused sessions such as the AGU, GSA, EGU and IAG. The award consists of a certificate and up to $2000. Additional information and application materials are available at: http://www.psi.edu/pista 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 TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY The Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, is advertising for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Sedimentary Geology. In addition to planetary geoscience being a major strength of the department, Western is also home to the interdisciplinary Institute for Earth and Space Exploration - which counts over 70 faculty from 21 departments across campus - and a strong collaborative planetary science and exploration graduate program with over 40 students from science, engineering, and social science. https://space.uwo.ca Details of the job posting are here: https://bit.ly/3ovqNFT 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 MERCURY'S SURFACE RESPONSE TO THE INTERPLANETARY ENVIRONMENT: IDENTIFYING NEEDED STUDIES IN LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS Date: January 24-27, 2022 Location: Virtual Registration is open at: https://meeting.psi.edu/mercurylab2022/registration/ Mercury is a complex system of interconnected parts: magnetosphere, exosphere, and surface. How Mercury responds to its interplanetary environment is equally complex. Models help us understand how solar wind and micrometeorites modify Mercury's surface spectral, mineral, and chemical properties and produce the planet's exosphere. This workshop will focus on identifying those processes whose uncertainties hinder our ability to reliably model Mercury's response to the interplanetary environment. We will discuss the laboratory astrophysics studies, theoretical and experimental, most needed to advance our understanding of Mercury's system. Registration fee: $115 USD (through December 6, 2021) and $175 USD (after December 6, 2021) Some financial support is available for young and/or early career scientists, as well as scientists not yet involved in Mercury related science topics. To apply for support, please send a short email to Johannes.Benkhoff@esa.int describing your background, providing a few lines about why you would like to attend the workshop, and if possible, indicating the connection of your current or planned work to the BepiColombo mission. For additional details: https://meeting.psi.edu/mercurylab2022/ Send questions to: MercuryLabAstro2022@gmail.com 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 GEOPLANET INTERNATIONAL WEEK FOR VR IN GEOSCIENCES The consortium GeoPlaNet is involved in an Erasmus + Strategic Partnership VR2Planets, along with the University of Nantes is organising the "GeoPlaNet International Week for VR in Geosciences" to be held from November 29 to December 3, 2021. Open Days (Monday 29/11 - Tuesday 30/11) Organized on zoom. Presentation of the state of the art of the 3D processing of imagery to create virtual terrains. The conference is split in 4 sessions: - Acquistion methods and 3D processing - Open databases and software - Educational applications - Scientific applications Open to all, register on Eventbritea: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-geoplanet-open-days-198362185637 Join us and attend presentations by international experts of planetary and Earth sciences from the European Space Agency (ESA), the French National Center for Space studies (CNES) and European universities. Event detail: https://geoplanet-sp.eu/en/activities 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 EGU2022 SESSION GM11.1/PS11: PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY Please consider submitting an abstract to the session on Planetary Geomorphology (GM11.1/PS11) at the EGU General Assembly 2022. EGU 2022 will be a hybrid event facilitating in-person and online participation. The Planetary Geomorphology session aims to bring together geomorphologists who study the Earth with those who work on other bodies such as Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, icy satellites of the outer Solar System, comets, and/or asteroids. Studies applicable to landscapes on any scale on any solid body are welcome. We particularly encourage those who use Earth analogues or laboratory/numerical simulation to submit their work. Considered processes could include aeolian, volcanic, tectonic, fluvial, glacial, periglacial, or "undetermined" ones. We especially welcome contributions from early-career scientists and geomorphologists who are new to planetary science. Session details: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43946 Abstract instructions: https://egu22.eu/abstracts_and_programme/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html The abstract deadline is January 12, 2022 (13:00 CET), but those seeking travel support should submit their abstract by December 1, 2021 (13:00 CET). Best wishes Planetary Geomorphology convenors: Susan Conway, Frances Butcher, Nikolaus J. Kuhn, Stephen Brough, and Tjalling de Haas 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 EGU2022 SESSION PS4.5: MARS SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION With exciting new and ongoing Mars missions taking place this year, we would like to invite you to participate in the next Mars session at EGU2022 (April 3-8th, Vienna). Please note that EGU2022 will be in hybrid format with a virtual component, therefore everybody is welcome to attend remotely or in-person. Abstract deadline is set to January 12th, but submission are already opened at: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/abstractsubmission/44170 If you wish to apply for travel support, please do not submit your abstract later than December 1: https://bit.ly/3wJ3Kec We hope to see you soon in Vienna, The conveners: Benjamin Bultel, Agata Krzesinska, Arianna Piccialli, Long Xiao and Jessica Flahaut 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 EGU2022 SESSION PS11.1: PLANET-BIOGEO-CLIMATE-GEOMORPH-OCEAN SCIENCE From the environment of the Earth to the environment of the Solar System Co-organized by PS11.1, BG7, CL3.2, GM11, OS4 April 3-8, 2022 at Vienna, Austria and Gather Online hybrid format Abstract submission deadline: January 12, 2022, 13:00 CET Consideration for early career support: 1 December 2021 Session description and submit abstract: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/42718 EGU 2022 will have a truly interdisciplinary session aiming to bring Earth scientists and planetary scientists from a variety of backgrounds together to discuss important issues facing our greater world. Addressing the advancements and the problems of the 21st century and the future of Earth and surroundings put heavy emphasis on Earth and planetary sciences which have had some but not enough interdisciplinary interactions at large scopes. We hope to gather those that have already been involved in Earth/planetary interdisciplinary work and those that have been dedicated to one field but are curious to learn new perspectives. Please join us to give latest updates, highlight critical concepts, share knowledge, and foster new ideas in this rare multi-program session. 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 SBAG EARLY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES The upcoming NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group meeting will be held virtually on January 24-25, 2022. There will be multiple presentation opportunities at this meeting specifically for the early career small body community including invited early-career speakers and lightning talks. Applications for invited talks are due via email by COB (5 pm Eastern Time) by November 19, 2021. Lightning talk submissions are due by COB (5 pm Eastern time) by December 17, 2021. The steering committee will also implement two new opportunities for SBAG 26: an early-career meeting mentor program and a dedicated Slack space. The SBAG steering committee will pair interested early-career members of the small bodies community with an SBAG meeting mentor to help broaden the networks of early-career researchers and engineers. The Slack will serve as an opportunity to engage in asynchronous discussion related to the meeting. The link to the Slack will be circulated the week prior to the meeting and will be closed the day after the meeting. More details about these opportunities can be found at the SBAG meeting website: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings 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 SENIOR SCIENTIST FOR ASTROBIOLOGY JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - ARC-22-ST-11259044 https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/617697300 NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) is currently seeking interested candidates for the Senior Scientist for Astrobiology position. The position reports to the Ames Science Director and is responsible for providing the Center and Agency leadership with expert advice on astrobiology, with a particular emphasis on the science of life detection. 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 HYBRID TOWN HALL AT AGU FALL MEETING 2021 Save the Date: Friday, December 17, 2021 Time: 11:15-12:15 pm CST Location: Online and at the New Orleans Convention Center, Room 388-390 New Orleans Convention Center 900 Convention Center Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70130 For more information, see the online program: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Session/141047 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 POSTDOC POSITION AT SWRI WITH SSERVI NOTE ESPRESSO Institution: Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO We have a new post-doc position available at the Boulder office of the Southwest Research Institute to work on the SSERVI-supported Project ESPRESSO team: https://www.espresso.institute The Project ESPRESSO team is studying the composition and physics of regolith on small-bodies (asteroids, etc.) and airless worlds (the Moon, etc.) with a focus on how our scientific work will enable future in situ robotic and human exploration. We are doing both laboratory and numerical research. Our laboratory work includes impact experiments, both in the lab and on reduced-gravity (i.e., zero-g) plane flights, and spectroscopy of planetary materials (e.g., Raman, LIBS, etc.). Our numerical work supports the laboratory work by simulating impact processes or improving spectral analyses, among other projects. Job application can be found at the SwRI careers page: https://bit.ly/3CdQ6kk Contact with any of the Project ESPRESSO Co-Is is welcomed. 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 [NASA] ANNOUNCEMENT OF SELECTIONS FOR THE MDT ON I-MIM As a part of their collaboration on the International Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) mission concept, American, Canadian, Italian, and Japanese space agencies (NASA, CSA, ASI, and JAXA respectively) invited qualified and interested individuals to apply for membership on the mission's Reconnaissance/Science Measurement Definition Team (MDT). This team will help define measurements made by the mission's radar instrument and trace them to mission requirements, as well as consider opportunities to maximize the mission's return on investment through additional scientific investigations and opportunities. The MDT selection committee worked diligently to assemble a diverse, multidisciplinary team to accomplish this work. The I-MIM Team is very appreciative of the tremendous turnout, thanks to the interest of so many highly qualified applicants. The collaborating agencies are happy to announce the members of the MDT and look forward to using its findings to advance their joint concept study: Membership on the Joint ASI/CSA/JAXA/NASA Measurement Definition Team for the International Mars Ice Mapper Mission: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/ice-mapper-measurement-definition-team 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Note: Most face-to-face meetings going forward will have online components. Check their websites for details. Posted at https://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.] 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org Variable X-Ray Emission of Comet 46P/Wirtanen Emanuele Bonamente et al. 2021 PSJ 2:224 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac2aac Volatile Composition and Outgassing in C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto): Extending Limits for High-resolution Infrared Cometary Spectroscopy between 2.8 and 5.0 microns Michael A. DiSanti et al. 2021 PSJ 2:225 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac07ae SOFIA Observations of Variability in Jupiter's Para-H 2 Distribution and Subsurface Emission Characteristics of the Galilean Satellites Imke de Pater et al. 2021 PSJ 2:226 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac2d24 Resolving Io's Volcanoes from a Mutual Event Observation at the Large Binocular Telescope Katherine de Kleer et al. 2021 PSJ 2:227 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac28fe *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at https://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to https://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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