Editor: Matthew R. Perry
Co-Editors: Alex Morgan, Mark V. Sykes
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1. Nominations for the 14th Paolo Farinella Prize  
2. The Planetary Science Journal Special Issue: Planet Characterization
   Workshop 
3. Apply for the San Antonio, TX, Culturally Inclusive Planetary
   Engagement Workshop  
4. Accepting Applications for the Modern SEM Techniques Workshop 
5. Mercury Laboratory Workshop 
6. PlanetInsitu24 Workshop: Rise of the Drones 
7. EPSC Session OPS1: Broadening Our Understanding of Jupiter's Icy
   Moons and Their Environment 
8. EPSC Session TP10: Exploring Mercury and its Environment 
9. [NASA] Town Hall for Planetary Research Programs
10. Geospatial Scientist Position with Jacobs/CMS at NASA-JSC
11. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions
12. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers

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NOMINATIONS FOR THE 14TH PAOLO FARINELLA PRIZE

The 14th Paolo Farinella Prize will be awarded to a young scientist
with outstanding contributions in the field of planetary science
concerning "Internal structure of planetary bodies: clues on formation
processes of the Solar System", including theoretical, modelling,
experimental and observational work on the internal structure of Solar
System bodies, namely planets, satellites, and small bodies. 

Nominations must be sent by email not later than 15 May 2024 to the
following addresses: fnimmo@ucsc.edu, acb@ua.es and
david.lucchesi@inaf.it, using the form downloadable available here:

https://tinyurl.com/Farinella24

Self-nominations are acceptable. The candidates should have
international and interdisciplinary collaborations and should be not
older than the age of Paolo when he passed away, 47 years, as of 15 May
2024. 

Further details may be found at:

https://www.europlanet-society.org/call-farinella-2024/


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THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE: PLANET CHARACTERIZATION
WORKSHOP

We want to thank the community for making The Planet Characterization
2024 Workshop a success! We also want to remind you that The Planetary
Science Journal (PSJ) is soliciting papers from the workshop for a
focus issue it will publish.
 
To designate your submitted paper for the Planet Characterization
Workshop focus issue, please add a note to the comments section when
submitting the manuscript (e.g., "For Planet Characterization focus
issue").

Visit the PSJ website for more information:

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2632-3338

or contact AAS Journals for any questions about submitting the
manuscript.
 
Deadline to submit papers: May 1, 2024

Please let Kirby Runyon (krunyon@psi.edu) know if you intend to submit.


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APPLY FOR THE SAN ANTONIO, TX, CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE PLANETARY
ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP
 
Planetary scientists and astrobiologists are invited to apply to attend
the Culturally Inclusive Planetary Engagement professional development
workshop at the San Antonio Public Library in San Antonio, TX, May
16-18, 2024. 

During the three-day workshop, participants engage with local informal
(out-of-school time) educators to discuss and model effective
strategies for engaging Black and Latinx communities in planetary
science. In addition, participants conduct hands-on activities and
co-create a public engagement in collaboration with a local
youth-serving organization. The event takes place on the third day of
the workshop.
 
During the workshop, participants will:
- Explore the importance of building equitable partnerships with
  organizations, subject matter experts, and informal educators serving
  Black and Latinx audiences
- Learn evidence-based culturally relevant authentic approaches to
  nurture connections with Black and Latinx individuals
- Practice planetary science engagement approaches through a culturally
  inclusive lens

The deadline to apply is 5:00 P.M. Central, May 2, 2024. Space is
limited to 10 scientists. Stipends are available for participants able
to accept them.

More information, including a link to the application, is available
online at:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/planetary-reach/workshops/sanantonio
 
Please direct questions to Andy Shaner - shaner@lpi.usra.edu. 

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ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE MODERN SEM TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP
 
August 12-14, 2024
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Houston, Texas

Application deadline: May 17, 2024.
 
The Modern Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Techniques Workshop will
be held on August 12-14, 2024, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute
(LPI) in Houston, Texas. Participants will receive theoretical and
hands-on training in electron imaging and X-ray spectroscopy for
application to planetary samples. This training opportunity aims to
engage approximately 10 participants, with a focus on broadening
participation in planetary sample science. Learn more at:

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/modernsem2024/


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MERCURY LABORATORY WORKSHOP

We are pleased to inform you that the Institute of Planetary Research
of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is holding a Mercury Laboratory
Workshop on 16-18 September in Berlin, the week after EPSC 2024. 

The aim of the workshop is to bring together the Mercury community from
different institutions and laboratories to:
- present laboratories, facilities and ongoing work on Mercury
  analogues,
- discuss Mercury surface composition studies (from MESSENGER to
  BepiColombo),
- design a plan of experiments on common samples,
- prepare for the BepiColombo observations.  

For information regarding the registration, abstract submission and
program see the website:

https://tinyurl.com/yk85k2fe
 
The registration is open until August 15, 2024 and more information
will be released in the coming weeks.

For any questions please contact: Oceane Barraud
(oceane.barraud@dlr.de) or Solmaz Adeli (solmaz.adeli@dlr.de)


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PLANETINSITU24 WORKSHOP: RISE OF THE DRONES
 
Following the great discussions at "Optimizing Planetary In Situ
Surface-Atmosphere Interaction Investigations" workshops in 2022 and
2023 as well as the success of Ingenuity, the PlanetInsitu24 workshop
will be held following the "10th International Conference on Mars" with
a focus on identifying and enabling future Mars surface and
near-surface investigations using drones.

The PlanetInsitu24 workshop will be hybrid and held Friday, July 26,
~9am-12pm PDT, in Pasadena, CA. Advance registration is required, but
is free. Travel grants (for expenses related to in-person attendance of
10th Mars and PlanetInsitu24) are available to US persons, with
a deadline of May 17. Additionally, papers are solicited for our
"Planetary Science Journal" focus issue:

https://iopscience.iop.org/collections/psj-230607-254

Questions can be sent to Serina Diniega (serina.diniega@jpl.nasa.gov).
 
PlanetInsitu24 Registration and a starting description of the workshop:

https://tinyurl.com/mppwxnkx

PlanetInsitu24 Travel Grant Applications, due May 17, 2024:

https://tinyurl.com/2rt53n2b

Further information about the PlanetInsitu community and events:

planetinsitu.space

Recordings of presentations, discussions, and tech demos from
PlanetInsitu22 and PlanetInsitu23-ICAR:

https://boi.st/planetinsitu22


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EPSC SESSION OPS1: BROADENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF JUPITER'S ICY MOONS
AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

ESA's JUICE mission will make its first (double) gravity assist this
summer as it heads toward Jupiter and NASA's Europa Clipper is
preparing to launch in October 2024. Both missions will arrive at
Jupiter in the early 2030s and are poised to provide unprecedented
insights into the complex, enigmatic, and potentially habitable icy
moons of the Jupiter system. This session aims to prepare for these
missions, by bringing together scientists across the planetary
community to discuss the latest advancements in our understanding of
the Jupiter system, its icy moons in particular, and the implications
for habitability, geology, and planetary science.

This session invites the community to share their latest icy Jovian
science endeavors, with a particular focus on Europa and Ganymede. This
includes 1) the geology and properties of their surface; 2) their
interior structures, properties, and processes, especially of their
subsurface oceans and icy shells; 3) the complex moon-magnetosphere
interactions, in particular, the effects of radiation on their surface;
4) their exospheres and possible Europa plumes.

For more information and abstract submission, please visit:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2024/session/51265


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EPSC SESSION TP10: EXPLORING MERCURY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
 
Berlin, Germany, September 8-13, 2024

Abstract submission deadline: May 15, 2024, 0600 CDT/1300 CEST
 
After the joint ESA/JAXA mission BepiColombo completed 3 successful
swing-by's of Mercury with closest approaches of only 200 km,
spacecraft observations and numerical modelling give us insight into
the unexplored regions around the innermost terrestrial planet.
 
Together with data obtained by the late NASA mission MESSENGER,
BepiColombo's swing-by's and orbit phase will lead to new understanding
about the origin, formation, evolution, composition, interior
structure, and magnetospheric environment of Mercury.
 
This session hosts contributions to planetary, geological, exospheric
and magnetospheric science results based on spacecraft observations by
Mariner 10, MESSENGER, BepiColombo, and Earth-based observations,
modelling of interior, surface and planetary environment and theory.
 
Studies investigating the required BepiColombo observations during the
nominal mission to validate the existing theoretical models about the
interior, exosphere and magnetosphere are welcome, as well as
presentations on laboratory experiments useful to confirm potential
future measurements.
 
Session page:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2024/session/51208


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[NASA] TOWN HALL FOR PLANETARY RESEARCH PROGRAMS  
  
On May 21, 2024 at 1 PM Eastern, NASA's Planetary Science Division
(PSD) will host a webinar to discuss the Planetary Research Program,
including upcoming changes, some data on programs to date, and plans to
reduce the barrier to proposing for the planetary research community. 
  
A large focus of this Town Hall will be to discuss requirements for
proposals submitted under the Dual Anonymous Peer Review (DAPR)
process, which will be the default for all proposals submitted to the
Science Mission Directorate (SMD) under ROSES-2025 (with rare
exceptions). Additionally, we will discuss some analytics for our
Planetary Research programs and potential future ways of soliciting
proposals for Planetary Research, with the goal of increasing
accessibility and decreasing unnecessary barriers for proposing to
Planetary Research programs.

In advance of the webinar, questions may be submitted and upvoted on
at:
    
https://nasa.cnf.io/sessions/z18d/#!/dashboard   
    
Join from the webinar link:  

https://tinyurl.com/28cj4bp3  

Webinar number:  
2821 584 9322  
   
General Webinar password:   
3VzCbJ69Rj@ (38922569 from phones and video systems)  
   
Join by phone: 
+1-929-251-9612 United States Toll (New York City)  
+1-415-527-5035 United States Toll  
   
Access code: 282 158 49322 


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GEOSPATIAL SCIENTIST POSITION WITH JACOBS/CMS AT NASA-JSC

The Geospatial Scientist will:
 
- Employ GIS and remote sensing techniques to Earth, Moon, and other
  planetary image data in support of International Space Station (ISS)
  and Artemis missions.
- Provide science services and technology products to a range of human
  exploration organizations including Gateway, Orion, the lander/ascent
  systems, spacesuits, EVA, and ISS.
- Interact with scientists, engineers, and managers in a highly dynamic
  and occasionally time critical environment.
- Develop funding proposals for submission to relevant scientific and
  technology grant solicitations opportunities.
- And more...

Details:
 
https://tinyurl.com/mvkfdz5p

For more information on Jacobs' partnership with NASA at Johnson Space
Center (JSC), please visit:

https://www.wehavespaceforyou.com


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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

May 16-18, 2024
Culturally Inclusive Planetary Engagement Workshop
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/planetary-reach/workshops/sanantonio
San Antonio, TX

July 26, 2024
PlanetInsitu24 workshop: Rise of the Drones
planetinsitu.space
Pasadena, CA

August 12-14, 2024
Modern SEM Techniques Workshop
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/modernsem2024/
Houston, TX

September 16-18, 2024
Mercury Laboratory Workshop
https://tinyurl.com/yk85k2fe
Berlin, Germany

[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

Measurements of Titan's Stratospheric Winds during the 2009 Equinox
with the eSMA
Siobhan Light et al. 2024 PSJ 5:98
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad3355

History of Ceres's Cold Traps Based on Refined Shape Models
Norbert Schorghofer et al. 2024 PSJ 5:99
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad3639

Three-dimensional Atmospheric Dynamics of Jupiter from Ground-based
Doppler Imaging Spectroscopy in the Visible
Francois-Xavier Schmider et al. 2024 PSJ 5:100
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad3066


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