PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 17, Number 34 (August 6, 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 August 2023 2. Job Announcement: Chair, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology 3. Mentor Matching Program at DPS-EPSC 2023 4. The Trans-Neptunian Solar System 2024 Meeting 5. Workshop Announcement: Habitability - The Astrophysical, Atmospheric, and Geophysical Implications 6. The 15th International Conference on Substorms (ICS-15): Abstract Submission Deadline Extension 7. Reminder: Endurance Science Workshop This Week 8. Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) Meeting 9. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 10. [NASA] SMD: F.19 Multidomain Reusable Artificial Intelligence Tools Not Solicited This Year 11. [NASA] PDS: Mars Science Laboratory Release 33 12. [NASA] PDS: Aperiodic PDS Data Releases in 2023.07 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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE PROGRAM NEWSLETTER FOR AUGUST 2023 On behalf of Vicky Hamilton (MEPAG Chair), Michael Mischna, Brandi Carrier, and Jonathan Bapst of the Mars Program Science Office, the August 2023 edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be found at: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mepag/newsletter/ Please send your Mars community announcements and calendar items for inclusion in the newsletter to Barbara Saltzberg 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 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: CHAIR, SCHOOL OF EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY The School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta invites applications for the position of Chair of the School and Professor, with an anticipated starting date of August 1, 2024. Candidates should have an outstanding record as a researcher, educator and mentor, and an accomplished record of effective leadership. In addition, they should possess a strong commitment to staff and faculty development; student success; institutional advancement/development and public engagement. We strongly encourage applications from women, underrepresented minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers. For further details regarding the application process, please visit: https://www.eas.gatech.edu/chair-search Applications will be considered beginning September 15, 2023, but the search will continue until the position is filled. Inquiries about the position should be addressed to Professor Donald Webster, search committee chair, at dwebster@ce.gatech.edu. [Edited for length] 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 MENTOR MATCHING PROGRAM AT DPS-EPSC 2023 The Europlanet Early Career Group is hosting a Mentor Matching Program at the joint Division for Planetary Sciences/Europlanet Science Congress (DPS-EPSC) meeting this year. It is open to anyone attending the meeting virtually or in-person. Here is the website for more details and also the sign up links for both mentors and mentees. We hope those attending the conference can take advantage of this opportunity to share advice! https://tinyurl.com/y8dp56pf 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 THE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN SOLAR SYSTEM 2024 MEETING We are pleased to announce an international conference on the Trans-Neptunian Solar System to be held in Taipei, Taiwan 24 - 28 June, 2024. This conference will be the next in a series of meetings that was last held in Coimbra, Portugal in March 2018. The event will be held at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, which is located on the campus of National Taiwan University in Taipei. The program will include both oral and poster sessions and will focus a number of topics, including: - Physical and dynamical properties - Dwarf planets - Binaries and multiple systems - Relationships with other small body populations (Centaurs, Trojans, comets, inner Oort Cloud objects, interstellar objects) - Distant Trans-Neptunian Objects - Formation and evolutionary processes - Current and future surveys - Laboratory studies - Current and future space missions - Occultations The conference website can be found here: https://www.tno2024.org Registration and abstract submission will open later this summer. Stay tuned for further announcements. 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 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: HABITABILITY - THE ASTROPHYSICAL, ATMOSPHERIC, AND GEOPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS May 21 - June 14, 2024. MIAPbP, Garching, Germany It is our pleasure to announce the 2024 Planetary Habitability program at the Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle, and Bio-Physics (MIAPbP). This workshop brings together scientists from all areas of habitability including stellar astrophysics, planetary science, planetary dynamics, atmospheric science, geology, and geophysics to discuss fundamental questions regarding the formation, characterization, and detection of habitable planets. The structure of the program is informal. The main goal is to create an environment that facilitates collaborations and new initiatives. There will be daily gathering for discussing specific topics, new results, and brainstorming. For more details and workshop application, visit: https://www.munich-iapbp.de/habitability The application deadline is September 24, 2023. When applying, please note that MIAPbP requires attendance for at least two weeks (10 working days). Financial support is available at the rate of EUR 80 per day for accommodation and local expenses. Additional financial support for attendees with family and children, and for graduate students is also available. Please see the details at: https://www.munich-iapbp.de/for-visitors/financial-support We look forward to receiving your applications. Nikolaos Georgakarakos, Nader Haghighipour, Dimitri Veras, Rolf-Peter Kudritzki [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 THE 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUBSTORMS (ICS-15): ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION We are extending the abstract submission deadline to Aug 14, 2023 for the 15th International Conference on Substorms (ICS-15), which is to be held in Deqing, China from October 16-20, 2023. The conference aims to bring together scientists from the magnetospheric, ionospheric, and planetary communities to review the recent discoveries in light of recent space missions and numerical simulations, and to discuss the current status and future direction of substorm research. The meeting will be a hybrid meeting with online components. But we strongly encourage in-person participation. Further information about the conference is given in the meeting website: https://ics15.cssr.org.cn/ We look forward to meeting you in China. Xuzhi Zhou & Zuyin Pu On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee of ICS-15 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 REMINDER: ENDURANCE SCIENCE WORKSHOP THIS WEEK The Endurance Science Workshop will be held this week from Wednesday, August 9 to Friday, August 11 at Caltech and online. You can find the agenda and register for this hybrid workshop at: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/endurance2023/ Endurance is a mission concept to explore and ultimately return samples from the Moon's largest and oldest impact basin, South Pole-Aitken (SPA). The Endurance Science Workshop is an opportunity for broader community to come together to discuss the science for this mission concept, and document information that could feed forward into future concept studies and science definition activities. 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 OUTER PLANETS ASSESSMENT GROUP (OPAG) MEETING The next OPAG meeting is scheduled for November 28-30, 2023, in Boulder, Colorado at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). The meeting will include opportunities for virtual participation. More information will be posted on the website soon: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/nov2023/ 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 August image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "Geological and tectonic history of Anshar Sulcus, Ganymede", contributed by Dr. Mafalda Ianiri, from University G. d'Annunzio Chieti - Pescara, International Research School of Planetary Sciences. You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Twitter: @PlanetGeomorpho or Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology Best wishes, Lonneke Roelofs (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 [NASA] SMD: F.19 MULTIDOMAIN REUSABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS NOT SOLICITED THIS YEAR When it is solicited, Multidomain Reusable Artificial Intelligence Tools (MDRAIT) enables critically needed machine learning tools to advance science relevant the Science Mission Directorate. ROSES-2023 Amendment 36 announces that F.19 MDRAIT will not be solicited this year. Questions concerning F.19 MDRAIT may be directed to Lika Guhathakurta at madhulika.guhathakurta@nasa.gov, Manil Maskey at manil.maskey@nasa.gov, and Michael M. Little at m.m.little@nasa.gov. [Edited for length] 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 [NASA] PDS: MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY RELEASE 33 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 33 of data from the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) mission. This release contains raw and derived data products covering the time period from November 6, 2022, through March 24, 2023 (sols 3645-3778). Several instruments have begun archiving their data in accordance with the PDS4 standard. The data are archived at various PDS nodes. - APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) at the Geosciences Node - ChemCam at the Geosciences Node - CheMin at the Geosciences Node - DAN at the Geosciences Node - Engineering Cameras at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node - MAHLI (Mars Hand Lens Imager) at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node - Mastcam at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node - PLACES Database at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node - RAD (Radiation Assessment Detector) at the PPI Node - REMS (Rover Environmental Monitoring Station) at the Atmospheres Node - SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) at the Geosciences Node - SPICE at the NAIF Node The data may be accessed from: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/msl/ or for a dataset-oriented perspective: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20230801.shtml The next MSL release is scheduled for December 5, 2023. 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] PDS: APERIODIC PDS DATA RELEASES IN 2023.07 In July 2023, PDS ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: - 2023.07.13 Mission-Independent DSN Calibration Data - 2023.07.13 Mars Express Radio Science extended mission 7 - 2023.07.13 Mars Express Radio Science extended mission 8 - 2023.07.05 Pioneer Venus Orbiter: Electron Temperature Probe To access those data: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20230731.shtml To access all data archived in PDS: https://pds.nasa.gov 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 November 28-30, 2023 Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) Meeting https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/nov2023/ Boulder, CO May 21 - June 14, 2024 Habitability: The Astrophysical, Atmospheric, and Geophysical Implications https://www.munich-iapbp.de/habitability Garching, Germany June 24-28, 2024 Trans-Neptunian Solar System 2024 Meeting https://www.tno2024.org Taipei, Taiwan [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 Direct Links to Open Access Papers Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org The Timeline of Early Lunar Bombardment Constrained by the Evolving Distributions of Differently Aged Melt Tiantian Liu et al. 2023 PSJ 4:133 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace0bb On Ganymede's Magnetic Quadrupolar Strength A. M. Plattner et al. 2023 PSJ 4:134 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acde7f Photometric Survey of Neptune's Trojan Asteroids. I. The Color Distribution Larissa Markwardt et al. 2023 PSJ 4:135 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace528 A Chondritic Solar Neighborhood Isabella L. Trierweiler et al. 2023 PSJ 4:136 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acdef3 New Insights into Aristarchus Crater with LRO LAMP Far-ultraviolet Observations Elizabeth Czajka et al. 2023 PSJ 4:137 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acdee9 *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at https://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your email address, go to * https://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.php. * * 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. Alternatively, the editorial staff will * create one for you. 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