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Volume 18, Number 46
November 10, 2024

Editor: Alex Morgan
Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Matthew R. Perry
Email: pen_editor@psi.edu
Twitter: @pen2tweets

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1. [NASA] Request for Information: Conference on Lunar, Planetary and 
   Space Sciences
2. [NASA] ROSES-24 Amendment 63: F.5 FINESST - SMD's Graduate Student 
   Research Final Text and Due Date Released
3. [NASA] ROSES-24 Amendment 65: D.19 Habitable Worlds Observatory 
   System Technology Demonstrations and Mission Architecture Studies 
   Final Text and Due Date
4. SETI Institute's 2025 Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellowship
5. MAPSIT Steering Committee Open Call for New Members
6. GSA Planetary Geology Division Ballot Now Open: Vote for Your 
   Division Officers
7. OPAG (Hybrid) Spring Meeting: February 25-27, 2025 in Tucson, AZ
8. SIMS Workshop at Arizona State University
9. Ice Giant Systems Seminar Series: November 12, Dr. Marzia Parisi 
   (JPL/Caltech)
10. Planetary Geomorphology at EGU2025
11. Planetary Science Advisory Committee Meeting, November 12 - 13, 
    2024
12. GRAM Suite Version 2.1.0 Released
13. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month
14. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions
15. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers
16. PEN Providing Links to New Open Access Articles in JGR: Planets
17. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets - October Issue OA Papers

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[NASA] REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: CONFERENCE ON LUNAR, PLANETARY AND 
SPACE SCIENCES

The Science Mission Directorate's Planetary Science Division is 
seeking interest from entities to collaborate with NASA on a 
nonreimbursable, that is, on a no-exchange-of-funds basis on the 
planning and logistics, as well as development of program content, 
for an annual planetary, lunar, and space science conference over the 
next five years. This partnership is expected to follow established 
models, where NASA partners on a collaborative basis with a host that 
holds its own conference. In this arrangement, NASA pays for its own 
contributions to the partnership, while the partner covers the other 
conference costs, including the venue. 

This Request for Information (RFI) seeks input to identify interest of 
potential partner(s) for an opportunity with NASA. NASA seeks 
responses with creative ideas for a potential opportunity to 
collaborate on scientific program content for the conference to be 
held approximately once yearly from 2026 through 2030, inclusive, over 
the course of the partnership. Entities that can expand participation 
among planetary science community members with disabilities and/or 
from underrepresented groups are encouraged to respond.

For the full text of the RFI and response instructions:

https://go.nasa.gov/LPSS24RFI

Email questions and comments to hq-planetscicon@mail.nasa.gov

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[NASA] ROSES-24 AMENDMENT 63: F.5 FINESST - SMD'S GRADUATE STUDENT 
RESEARCH FINAL TEXT AND DUE DATE RELEASED

Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology 
(FINESST F.5) solicits proposals for graduate student-designed and 
performed research projects relevant to NASA's Science Mission 
Directorate. The graduate student shall be the primary author, with 
input or supervision from the proposal's Principal Investigator (PI) 
or mentor, as appropriate. FINESST awards are research grants for up 
to three years at up to $50K per year.

ROSES-2024 Amendment 63 releases final text and due dates for F.5 
FINESST, which had been listed as "TBD". An optional preproposal 
conference will occur on December 6, 2024, at 3 pm Eastern Time, see 
Section 12.11 for connect information. Notices of Intent are not 
requested, and proposals are due February 5, 2025. Submissions must be 
formatted for Dual Anonymous Peer Review, see Section 4.2.

https://tinyurl.com/2ck3tpm6

Questions concerning F.5 FINESST may be directed to 
HQ-FINESST@mail.nasa.gov.

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[NASA] ROSES-24 AMENDMENT 65: D.19 HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY SYSTEM 
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS AND MISSION ARCHITECTURE STUDIES

D.19 Habitable Worlds Observatory System Technology Demonstrations and 
Mission Architecture Studies (HWOTAS) solicits industry-led proposals 
to carry out (1) system-level critical technology demonstrations for 
ultra-stable observatories and/or (2) mission architecture studies for 
system-level ultra-stable observatory approaches for the Habitable 
Worlds Observatory.

ROSES-2024 Amendment 65 releases final text and due date for D.19 
HWOTAS, that was previously released as draft for community comment. 
Neither Notices of Intent nor Step-1 proposals are requested for this 
program. Proposals are due February 6, 2025. Changes made between the 
draft and final are summarized in entry #1 in the FAQ posted under 
"other documents" on the NSPIRES page for this program element:

https://tinyurl.com/4n4zenvc

Questions concerning D.19 HWOTAS may be directed to Julie Crooke at 
Julie.A.Crooke@nasa.gov.

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SETI INSTITUTE'S 2025 FRANK DRAKE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

The SETI Institute is pleased to announce the call for applications to 
the Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellowship focusing on "Innovation in the 
Search for Life in the Universe."

For more information, go to:

https://www.seti.org/frank-drake-fellowship


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MAPSIT STEERING COMMITTEE OPEN CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS
 
The Mapping and Planetary Spatial Infrastructure Team (MAPSIT) 
supports NASA in aspects of spatial data analysis and associated 
infrastructure. MAPSIT seeks to support the planetary spatial data 
community and communicates its needs to NASA via the Planetary Science 
Advisory Committee (PAC).
 
The MAPSIT announces several openings on the steering committee for 
"at-large" members.
 
The MAPSIT steering committee meets approximately monthly in a virtual 
setting and once a year in person. Interested persons should review 
the MAPSIT Roadmap:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mapsit/roadmap

and our webpages:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mapsit

Members at-large usually volunteer for a period of up to 3 years, but 
additional years of service are possible through mutual agreement. We 
are accepting applications from candidates until December 3, 2024, 
with the goal of having new members begin service in early 2025.
 
All interested candidates, at any career stage, are encouraged to 
apply. Applications should consist of a professional CV and a 1-page 
letter or statement describing your interest, relevant experience, and 
expected contributions to the committee.
 
Please send your application materials to the MAPSIT chair, Dr. Julie 
Stopar (stopar@lpi.usra.edu). For questions, please contact the MAPSIT 
chair.


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GSA PLANETARY GEOLOGY DIVISION BALLOT NOW OPEN: VOTE FOR YOUR DIVISION 
OFFICERS

Dear Planetary Geology Division members,

Your participation in our Division election process is a great way to 
stay involved and help shape the future of our community. We encourage 
you to take part and vote for the officers who will represent us in 
the coming years.

We invite you to cast your vote today for the new Division officers 
and make your voice heard.

https://tinyurl.com/2ebee322

Deadline: 5 December

Need assistance with your GSA member number? Feel free to reach out to 
GSA at +303-357-1000, toll-free at +1-800-472-1988, or via email at 
gsaservice@geosociety.org.

Thank you for voting,

PGD Management Board


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OPAG (HYBRID) SPRING MEETING: FEBRUARY 25-27, 2025 IN TUCSON, AZ

Please save the date for the Spring meeting of the Outer Planets 
Assessment Group (OPAG), which will be held on February 25-27, 2025 in 
Tucson, AZ. This will be a hybrid meeting. Agenda and further details 
forthcoming on the OPAG website:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/upcoming


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SIMS WORKSHOP AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Announcing the Arizona State University annual free Workshop on 
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry offered by our SIMS Community Facility 
and supported by the National Science Foundation and Cameca 
Instruments. The workshop will be held January 8 - 10, 2025. Limited 
to 15 on-site participants. Travel stipends ($500) are available to 
U.S. citizens who are current Graduate Students.

The topic for 2025 SIMS Workshop is to determine concentrations of 
volatile elements (H, C with mention of N, F, S, and Cl) in minerals 
and glass using SIMS and NanoSIMS.

Profs. Richard Hervig, Peter Williams, Maitrayee Bose, Christy Till, 
and Larry Nittler will lead lectures and discussions on: Basics of 
SIMS, NanoSIMS, & other SIMS Instruments; Sample Preparation Impacts 
on Data & SIMS Artifacts; Standardization Approaches (including Ion 
Implants). Hands-on tasks will involve a full SIMS experience from 
sample preparation; SIMS instrument calibration; and Data collection, 
reduction & evaluation. 

A 500-word (max) research statement is required to apply. Applications 
will be reviewed based on the relevance of the statement to the topic 
of this workshop and career stage. Please apply on the following link 
by November 12, 2024:

https://tinyurl.com/yuprxw6m

Applicants will be notified by November 18, 2024.


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ICE GIANT SYSTEMS SEMINAR SERIES: NOVEMBER 12, DR. MARZIA PARISI 
(JPL/CALTECH)

Date/Time: November 12, 11am ET

Speaker: Dr. Marzia Parisi (JPL/Caltech)

Topic: Probing the Interior Structure of Uranus with Gravity Science

The Ice Giant Systems Seminar Series showcases recent developments in 
scientific topics covering all aspects of the ice giant systems, 
including atmospheres, satellites, rings, magnetic fields, interior 
structures, and science related to formation and evolution.

To access the virtual seminar, view the seminar schedule, and sign up 
for the listserv, visit the series website:

https://icegiantsseminar.jhuapl.edu

Mallory Kinczyk & Jodi Berdis


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PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY AT EGU2025

Please consider submitting an abstract to the session on Planetary 
Geomorphology (GM6.1/PS1) at the EGU General Assembly 2025 (27 April - 
2 May 2025). EGU2025 will be a hybrid event facilitating online and 
in-person participation in Vienna.

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, laboratory/numerical 
simulation and/or big satellite datasets 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.

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/51722 

Abstract instructions:

https://www.egu25.eu/programme/how_to_submit.html

Financial support for registration fees and travel:

https://www.egu25.eu/guidelines/supports_and_waivers.html

The deadline for support application depends on the type of support 
requested.

The abstract deadline is 15 January 2025 (13:00 CET). Those seeking 
financial support should submit their abstract by 2 December (13:00 
CET).

Planetary Geomorphology convenors: 

Lonneke Roelofs, Stephen Brough, Frances Butcher, Tjalling de Haas, 
and Nikolaus J. Kuhn.

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PLANETARY SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, NOVEMBER 12-13, 2024

The next Planetary Science Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting will take 
place November 12 - 13, 2024, as a virtual meeting (on WebEx). The 
agenda is posted online, with WebEx connection information:

https://tinyurl.com/pfh4bnys


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GRAM SUITE VERSION 2.1.0 RELEASED

The Global Reference Atmospheric Model (GRAM) Suite is an 
engineering-oriented atmospheric model that estimates mean values and 
statistical variations of atmospheric properties for planetary 
destinations. GRAM outputs include atmospheric density, temperature, 
pressure, winds, and chemical composition along a user-defined path.

GRAM Suite Version 2.1.0 contains the following updates: the addition 
of a MATLAB Application Program Interface (API), Earth-GRAM gridded 
forecast upgrade, a new Earth-GRAM Range Reference Atmosphere for 
Woomera, Australia, Earth-GRAM bug fixes, an upgraded MOLA topography 
model in Mars-GRAM, Uranus-GRAM input model data upgrade, updated 
Earth, Uranus, and Mars-GRAM User Guides, and an updated GRAM 
Programmer's Manual.

Additional details regarding GRAM Suite Version 2.1.0 can be found in 
the CRITICAL INFORMATION AND ERRATA file, the GRAM Suite Change Log 
file, and the GRAM User Guides found in the documentation folder that 
is included in the GRAM Suite distribution files.

GRAM Suite Version 2.1.0 is available upon request through the NASA 
Software Catalog at:

https://software.nasa.gov/software/MFS-33888-1

All current and future GRAM upgrades are only released in the GRAM 
Suite.


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PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH

The November image of the month is now available at the IAG's 
Planetary Geomorphology web page:

https://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com

This month's topic is 'Subglacial meltwater channels on Earth and 
Mars', contributed by Simona Ruso, Western University.

You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on X 
(former Twitter): @PlanetGeomorpho

or Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology

Best wishes,
Lonneke Roelofs (Chair, IAG Planetary Geomorphology working group)


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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

February 25-27, 2025
OPAG Spring Meeting
Tucson, AZ
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/upcoming/

April 27-May 2, 2025
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Vienna, Austria
https://www.egu24.eu/

[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.]


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PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS

Direct Links to Open Access Papers

Editor, Faith Vilas
https://psj.aas.org

No new papers this week.


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PEN PROVIDING LINKS TO NEW OPEN ACCESS ARTICLES IN JGR: PLANETS

For the past four and a half years, PEN has carried direct links to 
new papers published in the open access Planetary Science Journal. 
Beginning this issue we are expanding our service to providing direct 
links to new articles that are open access in Journal of Geophysical 
Research: Planets. The first announcement contains the entire October 
issue of the journal. Future announcements will be open access 
articles published the previous week. We hope you will enjoy expanded 
access to the latest science in our profession.

The Editors


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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS - OCTOBER ISSUE OA PAPERS

Direct Links to Open Access (OA) Papers

Editor-in-Chief, Amanda Hendrix
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21699100

Observations of Water Frost on Mars With THEMIS: Application to the
Presence of Brines and the Stability of (Sub)Surface Water Ice
L. Lange et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008489

The Thermal Structure and Composition of Jupiter's Great Red Spot From
JWST/MIRI
Jake Harkett et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008415

Planetary Geologic Maps: Essential Tools for Scientific Inquiry and
Space Exploration
Jeannette Wolak Luna et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008442

A 2-Billion-Year History of Water-Alteration in Terra Sirenum, Mars:
Volcanism's Influence on Aluminum Clay Formation and Chemically
Distinct Waters Forming Sulfates and Chlorides Into the Amazonian
E. K. Leask et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008259

Organic Carbon and Ca-Rich Carbonate Detections in Soils of the
Northern Plains, Mars: Evaluation of Unreported Data From the Mars
Phoenix Scout's Thermal Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA)
B. Sutter et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008335

The Evolution of Rock Size-Frequency Distribution on the Moon: Effects
of Rock Strength and Fragmentation Products on Centimeter-Scale
Abundances
O. Rusch and B. Aussel
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008626

Lunar Low-Titanium Magmatism During Ancient Expansion Inferred From
Ejecta Originating From Linear Gravity Anomalies
G. Nishiyama et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008034

Revealing the Local Time Structure of the Alfven Radius and Travel
Times in Jupiter's Magnetosphere
A. Jenkins et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008414

Morphological and Structural Characterization of Shortening Landforms
on Mars
Leta R. McCullough et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008196

Morphology of Barchan Dunes on Earth and Mars: Classification and
Scale-Invariance
Douglas J. Sherman et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008526

Mg Exosphere of Mercury Observed by PHEBUS Onboard BepiColombo During
Its Second and Third Swing-Bys
Y. Suzuki et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008524

Dust Dynamics in Gale Crater Observed Using the Line-Of-Sight
Extinction Through 3,663 Sols of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission
G. Bischof et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008349

Equation of State, Structure, and Transport Properties of Iron Hydride
Melts at Planetary Interior Conditions
Emma R. Stoutenburg et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008525

Geostratigraphic Mapping of the Intrusive Valentine Domes on the Moon
Javier Eduardo Suarez-Valencia and Angelo Pio Rossi
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008423

An Endogenic Origin for Titan's Rampart Craters: Assessment of
Explosion Mechanisms
G. E. Brouwer et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008459

Haasttse-baad Tessera Ring Complex: A Valhalla-Type Impact Structure on
Venus?
I. Lopez et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008256

Geologic Evolution of Imdr Regio, Venus: Insight Into the Origin of a
Possible Young/Active Hot Spot
I. Lopez et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008604

Geodynamics of Super-Earth GJ 486b
Tobias G. Meier et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008491

Thermoluminescence and Apollo 17 ANGSA Lunar Samples: NASA's Fifty-Year
Experiment and Prospecting for Cold Traps
Derek W. G. Sears et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008358


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