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Co-Editors: Alex Morgan, Mark V. Sykes
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1. Roman Space Telescope Solar System Working Group (This Week)
2. NEO Surveyor Staff Scientist Openings at IPAC
3. Special Issue on the Icy Moons Surface-environment Interactions in
   Planetary Research: Call for Contributions
4. Europlanet Webinar: 1 June 2026, 11am CEST
5. SBAG35: Registration Deadline Approaching
6. New Horizons Science Spotlight Webinar Relaunched
7. [DPS-58] Abstract Submission and Registration are Open
8. [DPS-58] Low-Cost Meeting Observer Option
9. [DPS-58] Splinter Meetings are Solicited
10. [DPS-58] Travel Grant Applications
11. [DPS-58] Dependent Care Applications
12. [DPS-58] Conference Lodging
13. [DPS-58] Student-Led REU Presentations
14. [DPS-58] Information for Exhibitors and Sponsors
15. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions
16. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers
17. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets - New Papers

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ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE SOLAR SYSTEM WORKING GROUP (THIS WEEK)

The Roman Space Telescope is set to launch in just a few months. In the
meantime, our working groups have put forth significant efforts towards
understanding and developing analysis pipelines. This is particularly
the case for Solar System objects, which in many cases are deleted
using standard tools. A current summary of our efforts thus far will be
presented as part of our discussion this coming week.

We invite you to join us: Tuesday, 2 June 2026 from 3-4pm EST at:

https://tinyurl.com/m2bwefwz

If you have questions, please contact:
Susan Benecchi, susank@psi.edu
SS/Exoplanet Working group co-lead


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NEO SURVEYOR STAFF SCIENTIST OPENINGS AT IPAC

IPAC invites applications for two Staff Scientist positions to work at
the NEO Surveyor Survey Data System.

- Calibration Scientist:

https://tinyurl.com/4sddyp3t

- Moving Object Quality Assurance Scientist:

https://tinyurl.com/439bscmv

To apply, use the form in the above links. For questions about the
positions, please contact Dr. Joe Masiero: jmasiero@ipac.caltech.edu


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SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE ICY MOONS SURFACE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS IN
PLANETARY RESEARCH: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

The new journal Planetary Research, diamond access (free, fully open
source and led by the community) has opened last January.

We are now pleased to inform you the creation of a special issue,
following a workshop at ESA/ESAC few months ago. This issue is open to
any article with relevant topic, even if you didn't participate to the
workshop!

For more information, please visit:

https://tinyurl.com/36zsfhks

Deadline: 1 September 2026


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EUROPLANET WEBINAR: 1 JUNE 2026, 11AM CEST

LSST Sweeping the Skies: An Avalanche of New Minor Bodies Expected
Speakers: Meg Schwamb and Rosemary Dorsey

High in the Chilean Andes is the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a
next-generation facility. Rubin Observatory houses the world's largest
digital camera (3.2-gigapixel) capable of covering ~45 times of the
size of the full Moon in a single image. With the ability to scan the
visible night sky approximately once every three nights, this
international facility is going make the largest "movie" of the
changing night sky. Rubin Observatory will soon begin its 10-year
mission with the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) to "download
the sky" and make the most comprehensive census of objects in the
Universe to-date. In these talks, we will present this new observatory,
its capabilities, and how it is going to completely change our view of
the Solar System from finding "killer asteroids", interstellar
visitors, and distant small worlds (and maybe even a planet) beyond
Neptune.

The upcoming LSST era of Solar System science is one to keep an eye on
- it will illuminate and guide the following decades of scientific
enquiry and space exploration.

Register:

https://tinyurl.com/34vc3vj2


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SBAG35: REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING

The 35th Meeting of the Small Bodies Assessment Group will be held 9-11
June 2026.

The registration deadline is 4 June 2026. Please register at:

https://tinyurl.com/3e9zhxf5

The meeting will be fully virtual and free to attend. As of this
writing, we have 222 people registered. The Steering Committee looks
forward to a robust meeting with broad participation.

The meeting agenda is available at:

https://tinyurl.com/SBAG35

Note that with the change in financial support for the AGs, the SBAG
website hosted by the Lunar and Planetary Institute is not being
actively updated, so please consult the new site, referenced above, for
current information.

The meeting will be held in staggered, three-hour blocks to accommodate
the wide range of time zones spanned by our community:
- June 9: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
- June 10: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
- June 11: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

I look forward to seeing you online at SBAG35 in June!

All the best,
Terik Daly, SBAG Chair


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NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR RELAUNCHED

Join us on 25 June 2026, 2:30-3pm EDT (11:30-12 PDT, 12:30-1pm MDT,
1:30-2pm CDT)

New Horizons continues its operation, now at 64.7au from the Sun. Since
2015 it has made ground-breaking discoveries of the Pluto-Charon
system, flown past the small contact KBO binary Arrokoth and collected
phase and light curve data for some three-dozen additional KBOs and the
ice giants. It has also been sampling dust density throughout the Solar
System and studying the cosmic optical background. After a brief break,
we are continuing our spotlight webinar (30 min, fourth week each
month) which we invite you to attend, or watch recorded at your
convenience.

Our speaker will be Eric Zirnstein (Princeton) and he will be speaking
on: "Formation of H+ PUI Tails Downstream of Distant Interplanetary
Shocks and Predictions for NH's SWAP Measurements at the HTS"

Connection Link:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2rsubj

Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636
Passcode: ExtendedKB

Calendar for future seminars:

https://tinyurl.com/43reym37

Recordings are archived and posted at:

https://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/index.php#Spotlight-Presentations

For questions, contact New Horizons Co-I Susan Benecchi, susank@psi.edu


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[DPS-58] ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION ARE OPEN

https://submissions.mirasmart.com/DPS58/Splash.aspx

https://aas.org/meetings/dps58/registration

Registration and abstract submission are open for DPS-58 at the
Spokane Convention Center, 25-30 October 2026. DPS will be a hybrid
meeting with live-streamed in-person and recorded virtual talks and
in-person posters. Three classes of registration include: full
in-person, full virtual, and virtual meeting observer for a very low
cost. Abstract submission will indicate a science theme plus a class
of bodies pertinent to the abstract, from which the Science Organizing
Committee will formulate the program. There is also an option to
submit to one of five special sessions:

- 5 Years of Perseverance Exploration at Jezero
- Juno at 10 years
- 20 years of MRO observing Mars
- 30 years of asteroid rendezvous missions
- Interstellar comets

Regular abstract deadline: Thursday, 11 June 2026 9:00pm ET

Early registration deadline: Monday, 15 June 2026 9:00pm ET

Late abstract deadline: July 2, 2026 12:00pm ET


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[DPS-58] LOW-COST MEETING OBSERVER OPTION

Are you interested in planetary science, and ready to attend
professional talks on topics of interest, but costs of a professional
conference are not affordable? DPS is pleased to announce a virtual
attendance option that can fit a tightly constrained budget, as a
virtual meeting observer. This option is meant for a wide variety of
planetary science amateurs and professionals:

- Amateurs who want a deeper dive than what is in the popular press
- Leaders of high-school science clubs who will share with a group
- Students and faculty at community colleges and tribal colleges
- Retired professionals who lack emeritus status in a professional
  society
- Active professionals who don't have funding to attend *all* the
  conferences they would like

The virtual attendance option, available for $50, allows full watching
and listening to oral presentations and access to recorded sessions.

For more information visit the DPS-58 registration page:

https://aas.org/meetings/dps58/registration


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[DPS-58] SPLINTER MEETINGS ARE SOLICITED

DPS welcomes community groups to hold splinter sessions at DPS's 58th
annual meeting at the Spokane Convention Center October 25-30, 2026,
including AG groups, mission or instrument teams, or other
planetary-themed groups. The venue features 4-6 rooms that seat
between 30-100 and are available anytime, plus 4 large halls seating
>250 which are available Saturday-Sunday October 24-25, or for 60-90
minute lunch meetings Monday-Thursday October 26-29. Rooms will be
outfitted for hybrid participation with AV hardware; users must supply
laptops. Zoom reservations may be arranged by users, or supplied at no
cost by AAS. In-person participants are expected to register for
attendance at DPS; virtual participants may attend at no cost. Apply
for a splinter meeting here:

https://submissions.mirasmart.com/DPS58/Splash.aspx

Application deadline is Thursday June 11; selected applicants will be
notified in late June. Catering is available at cost with forms sent
with selection notifications.


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[DPS-58] TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATIONS

The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) offers travel grants to
support attendance at DPS-58 to be held 25-30 October 2026 in Spokane,
Washington, U.S.A. At least 30 grants may be awarded at $500-$1500
each.

Hartmann Student Travel Grants support student presentations at the
annual DPS meeting. (Postdoctoral scholars may also be eligible, but
students are prioritized.) Award of a travel grant assumes submission
of a DPS abstract, to be described in the application.

Underrepresented Minority (URM) Communities in Planetary Science
Travel Grants support attendance by students and professionals who are
members of groups that have had inadequate access to the planetary
science community.

Applicants for DPS travel grants do not need to be U.S. citizens or
permanent residents. Eligible candidates are welcome to apply for both
grants, but if selected would receive only one. Apply here:

https://dps.aas.org/news/dps-travel-grants-application/


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[DPS-58] DEPENDENT CARE APPLICATIONS

The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) offers Susan Niebur
Dependent Care grants to support attendance at DPS-58 to be held 25-30
October 2026 in Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. These grants provide
financial assistance to qualifying members to facilitate their meeting
attendance by offsetting costs for child care, elder care, spousal
care, etc., at the meeting location or at home during the DPS
conference. Apply for a dependent care grant here:

https://dps.aas.org/development/dps-dependent-care-grant-application/


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[DPS-58] CONFERENCE LODGING

Please consider arranging your hotel for DPS-58 at official conference
lodging. There is a block of rooms at government rates, and lodging is
connected to the conference venue-the Spokane Convention Center-via a
covered a walkway. The hotel features an onsite restaurant and other
options are located nearby. Utilizing this lodging will cut both cost
to attend the conference and carbon footprint to attend the conference
by eliminating the need for car rental.

https://aas.org/meetings/dps58/accommodations


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[DPS-58] STUDENT-LED REU PRESENTATIONS

The Science Organizing Committee for DPS-58 is aware that the regular
abstract deadline comes early for students participating in a summer
internship program such as Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(REU). When submitting a student-led abstract to DPS-58 that describes
work completed as part of an REU or other internship, authors are asked
to note in the "Special requests" field that the abstract is
student-led work from an REU or other internship, and whether oral or
poster presentation is desired. For such abstracts, oral presentation
will be considered even for submissions made as "late abstracts" by
July 2.


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[DPS-58] INFORMATION FOR EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS

The Local Organizing Committee for DPS-58 is soliciting exhibitors and
sponsors for the meeting. Exhibitor spaces are located in a heavily
trafficked are between the poster sessions and common area in a large,
shared ballroom. If you are interested, please contact Conor Sherry
(conor.sherry@aas.org) at the American Astronomical Society.


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

Note: Many face-to-face meetings going forward will have online
components. Check their websites for details.

Posted at https://planetarynews.org/meetings.html

November 16-17, 2026
World Meet on Space Science, Astronomy & Astrophysics
https://spacescience.scientistmeetings.com
Munich, Germany

November 24-27, 2026
Hayabusa 2026, 13th Symposium of Solar System Materials
https://tinyurl.com/3njjcbns
Sagamihara, Japan


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PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS

Direct Links to Open Access Papers

Editor, Brian Jackson
https://psj.aas.org

The Large Smooth Patch on Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Remnant of a Recent Past
Event
J. L. Rizos et al. 2026 PSJ 7:123
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae64ea

Emerging Diversity among the Main-belt Comets: Insights from JWST and
Ground-based Observations of 457P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS
John W. Noonan et al. 2026 PSJ 7:124
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae6119

Characterization of the Volatile Properties of 133P/Elst-Pizarro and
Other Main-belt Comets with JWST and Ground-based Observations
Henry H. Hsieh et al. 2026 PSJ 7:125
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae64e9

Turbulence-coupled Electrodynamics of the Martian Year 34 Global Dust
Storm on Mars
Chali Idosa Uga et al. 2026 PSJ 7:126
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae69db

Evidence for Random Walk Transport of Small Asteroids from the Main
Belt to the Inner Solar System
Stanley F. Dermott et al. 2026 PSJ 7:127
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae6501

Investigating Azimuthal Anisotropy in the Angular Distribution of
Solar Wind-sputtered Atoms
Ben A. Clouter-Gergen et al. 2026 PSJ 7:128
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae6a92

Feasibility Analysis of a Hypothetical Kinetic-impact Deflection of
2024 YR4 Using In-space Hayabusa2 for Earth-impact Risk Reduction
Kaho Nakagawa et al. 2026 PSJ 7:129
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae66f2

Geomorphology and Mineralogy of Belen Crater in Iani Chaos (Mars)
Point to Hydrothermal Activity
M. C. Rojas et al. 2026 PSJ 7:130
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae5dcb


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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS - NEW PAPERS

Direct Links to Open Access (OA) Papers

Editors-in-Chief, Amanda Hendrix & Debra Buczkowski
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21699100

https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE009447

Enhanced Detection of Martian Dust Devils From Rover Images Using
Machine Learning
Kacy Hatfield, John Santerre, Conor A. Nixon
https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE009339

Corona Clustering on Venus Hints at Mantle Dynamics
Grant T. Euen & Scott D. King
https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE009548


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