PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 17, Number 31 (July 16, 2023) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Matthew R. Perry Co-Editors: Alex Morgan, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Mars Exploration Science Program Newsletter for July 2023 2. [NASA] Science Mission Directorate Quarterly Community Town Hall 3. PostDoc Position in Exoplanet atmospheres at the Space Research Institute IIWF 4. MPEC Watch, A Web-based Digestion of Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 5. AGU Session GP016: Planetary Magnetism and Protoplanetary Disk Magnetism 6. AGU Session P032: Onward to the Moon - A New Era of Science 7. AGU Session EP036: Surface Processes Across the Solar System 8. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 9. 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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE PROGRAM NEWSLETTER FOR JULY 2023 On behalf of Vicky Hamilton (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Michael Mischna, Brandi Carrier and Jonathan Bapst of the Mars Program Science Office, the July 2023 edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be found on the web at: https://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 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] SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE QUARTERLY COMMUNITY TOWN HALL Date: July 27, 2023 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern Time NASA's Science Mission Directorate will hold the quarterly community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Nicky Fox and her leadership team at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Participants are invited to submit their questions below and/or vote up questions already posted. Members of SMD, the science community, academia, the media, and the public are invited to participate by joining the WebEx link below: https://tinyurl.com/48m6rj6n If prompted, please use event number 2760 096 4056, followed by event password yuWjQCB*723 (98957220 from phones). Participants are invited to submit their questions and/or vote up questions already posted at: https://nasa.cnf.io/sessions/pdsd/#!/dashboard Users must provide their first and last name and organization and can submit their own questions or vote up questions submitted by others. The meeting leaders will try to answer as many of the submitted questions as possible. Presentation materials will be available for download and a recording will be available later that day at: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/virtual-townhall If you are unable to join the WebEx, we will be live streaming the town hall to YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@NASAScience/streams 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 POSTDOC POSITION IN EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES AT THE SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IIWF The Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), is offering a PostDoc Position in Exoplanet atmospheres - links to observations. The successful candidate will join the IWF research group "Exoplanets: Weather & Climate" led by Prof. Christiane Helling as part of the OeAW's efforts to expand the theme of exoplanet research at the IWF in Graz, Austria. The candidate is expected to contribute by linking complex modelling results to observations and by doing scientific data interpretation and preparation for PLATO, Ariel, and other future missions. The applicant must hold a PhD in the relevant fields of astrophysics. The appointment begins as early as November 1, 2023 and will be for three years. Applications must include (1) CV, (2) publication list, (3) research experience statement (max 2 pages) and research plan (max 1 page), (4) academic certificates, and (5) two references letters. Please send the application as one PDF file, mentioning Job ID: IWF051PD123 to Cosima Muck, cosima.muck@oeaw.ac.at, no later than July 20, 2023. Further information can be found here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/Institute/iwf/pdf/jobs/IWF051PD123.pdf 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 MPEC WATCH, A WEB-BASED DIGESTION OF MINOR PLANET ELECTRONIC CIRCULARS MPEC Watch is a web-based utility that digests the IAU Minor Planet Center's "Minor Planet Electronic Circulars" (MPECs), developed and maintained by the NASA Planetary Data System's Small Bodies Node. It presents statistical summaries, plots and metrics of the observations and orbits of near-Earth objects, comets, trans-Neptunian objects, and natural satellites, breaking down to aggregate annual totals, as well as for individual observing sites. The service is fed by a curated SQLite database that contains metadata for all MPECs dating back to the first Circular in 1993. MPEC Watch is available at: https://sbnmpc.astro.umd.edu/mpecwatch/ The source code is available through its GitHub repository. The SQLite database will be made publicly available in the near future. The service is continuously being upgraded, and we welcome feedback and suggestions from the community. 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 AGU SESSION GP016: PLANETARY MAGNETISM AND PROTOPLANETARY DISK MAGNETISM We invite you to submit an abstract to the GP016 session at AGU 2023. We seek contributions related to planetary and protoplanetary magnetic fields. Please see the abstract below for more information: Magnetic fields of various origins allow for the study of the internal structure and geologic history of planetary bodies, and the evolution of the early Solar System. Magnetic data are typically available from satellites, meteorites, or from surface measurements. In this session we welcome contributions that cover observational, experimental, and theoretical investigations (including method development) of the magnetosphere, crustal magnetism, core dynamics, protoplanetary disk magnetism and other planetary-body internal magnetic sources. Please submit your abstract at: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/189550 Feel free to reach out with any questions! Caue Borlina, Alain Plattner, Anna Mittelholz and Rachel Maxwell GP016 Session Conveners 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 AGU SESSION P032: ONWARD TO THE MOON - A NEW ERA OF SCIENCE We welcome you to join us at this year's AGU Fall Meeting, showcasing early career research! The return to the Moon represents an exciting new era for lunar science. Missions such as the Artemis, Chang'e, Chandrayaan, and commercial programs offer incredible opportunities to develop a deeper scientific understanding of our nearest celestial neighbor. This session calls for novel and interdisciplinary approaches to investigating the Moon, not only through existing and future surface-based measurements and remote sensing, but also their integration with laboratory investigations and computational modeling. Areas of particular interest include dust, volatiles, radiation, geological processes and their mutual interactions. Early career researchers, including graduate students, are especially encouraged to submit for oral presentations! Please submit here: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/188846 Abstracts are due Wednesday, 2 August 2023. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco and online! Li Hsia Yeo, Phillip Phipps, Ramin Lolachi, Caitlin Ahrens, Alexander Michels 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 AGU SESSION EP036: SURFACE PROCESSES ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM Terrestrial bodies across the Solar System are shaped by surface processes. As such, geomorphic principles and models derived for the Earth are often applied to extraterrestrial landscapes, providing critical insights into their geologic and climatic histories, as well as their habitability potential. This session's goal is to explore the interplays between quantitative models of planetary surface processes and the challenges imposed on these models by new planetary data. We invite contributions in the field of planetary surface processes that use theoretical and numerical modeling, terrestrial analogues, laboratory experiments, and planetary exploration data from robotic spacecraft. We intend for this session to foster more collaboration between members of the Planetary Science (PS) and the Earth and Planetary Surface Processes (EPSP) sections, and to continue to build a diverse community founded on interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches. Please submit your abstract by August 2: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/193885 Hope to see you at AGU! Session Convenors: Marisa Palucis (Dartmouth College), Mackenzie Day (UCLA), and Una Gaylin Schneck (MIT) 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 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 July 16-18, 2024 Planetary Science Informatics and Data Analytics (PSIDA) https://psida.rsl.wustl.edu St. Louis, MO [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.] 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 SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Direct Links to Open Access Papers Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org A Past Episode of Rapid Tidal Evolution of Enceladus? Matija Cuk and Maryame El Moutamid 2023 PSJ 4:119 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acde80 Orbits and Masses of the Small Satellites of Pluto Simon B. Porter and Robin M. 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