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Volume 18, Number 50
December 8, 2024

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

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1. [NASA] PDS: Aperiodic Data Releases in 2024.11
2. [NASA] PDS: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 71
3. [NASA] PDS: Mars 2020 Mission Release 11
4. [NASA] PDS: Mars Science Laboratory Release 37
5. XAG EDIA Working Group Presentation
6. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month
7. Job Announcement: Lecturer, Astronomy and Physics (UCF)
8. [NASA] ROSES-24 Amendment 78: D.10 TESS General Investigator Program
   Final Text and Due Date
9. EGU Session PS2.1: Jupiter's Icy Moons - Where We Are and Where
   Europa Clipper and Juice Can Take Us
10. [AGU24] NASA OPAG Townhall: Monday, December 9, 2024
11. [AGU24] NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy
    RFI Hub
12. [AGU24] NASA Mars Exploration Program Town Hall
13. [AGU24] Planetary Science Budget Briefings by the Planetary Society
14. Mars MATISSE Community Workshop
15. Submit a Planetary Session to the 2025 GSA Connects Annual Meeting
16. SETI Institute's 2025 Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellowship
17. [NASA] Planetary Science Division Planetary Data Ecosystem Website
18. [NASA] VEXAG Venus Exploration Strategy Released
19. Bystander Intervention Training Opportunity for the Planetary
    Science Community
20. Initiative to Create a Planetary Science Diamond Open Access
    Journal
21. New Horizons Science Spotlight Webinar
22. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions
23. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers
24. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets - New Papers

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[NASA] PDS: APERIODIC DATA RELEASES IN 2024.11

In November 2024, PDS ingested and made available the following data,
none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission:

- 2024.11.25 Voyager 2 PWS Low Rate (Spectrum Analyzer) Data
- 2024.11.25 Voyager 1 PWS Low Rate (Spectrum Analyzer) Data
- 2024.11.21 Mars Global Surveyor MAG/ER
- 2024.11.21 Cassini MIMI
- 2024.11.21 Cassini MIMI CHEMS Calibrated
- 2024.11.21 Cassini MIMI INCA Calibrated
- 2024.11.21 Cassini MIMI LEMMS Calibrated
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses Jupiter Encounter Cospin
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses EPAC
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses Interstellar Neutral Gas Experiment Sky Maps
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses Gamma Ray Burst
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses HISCALE
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses Vector Helium/Fluxgate Magnetometer
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses SCE-Solar Corona Experiment Derived
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses SWOOPS
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses Trajectory
- 2024.11.21 Ulysses URAP
- 2024.11.13 MEX Radio Science, Extended Mission 8 and 9
- 2024.11.07 Io Occultation Lightcurve Dataset
- 2024.11.06 Mars 2020 Sample Dossier
- 2024.11.01 Galileo Energetic Particle Detector Pre-Jupiter Raw
- 2024.11.01 Galileo Orbiter Mission

To access those data:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20241130.shtml

To access all data archived in PDS:

https://pds.nasa.gov


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[NASA] PDS: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 71

The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 71 of data from the
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). This release contains raw,
calibrated, and derived data products nominally covering the time
period February 9, 2024, through May 8, 2024. Some instrument teams are
delivering more recent data. The data are archived at various PDS
nodes:

- CRISM, SHARAD, and Radio Science data at the Geosciences Node
- HiRISE, CTX, and MARCI data at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences
  Node
- MCS data at the Atmospheres Node
- SPICE data at the NAIF Node

The data may be accessed at:

https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mro/

For a view centered on this release:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20241202.shtml

To access the latest PDS Data Releases, please visit the following
link:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-Release.shtml

All available PDS data may be found at:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/data-search/


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[NASA] PDS: MARS 2020 MISSION RELEASE 11

The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release of data from the Mars
2020 Perseverance Rover mission to Mars. This release contains raw,
calibrated, and derived data products covering sols 1140-1259 of the
mission, May 4, 2024, through September 3, 2024. The data are archived
at various PDS Nodes. Links to all the archives can be found at:

https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mars2020/

Data from the following science investigations are included in this
release:

- Mastcam-Z - Mast-mounted Zoom Camera System
- Engineering Hazard and Navigation Cameras
- Helicopter Cameras
- EDLCam - Entry, Descent, and Landing System Cameras
- MEDA - Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer
- PIXL - Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry
- RIMFAX - Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Exploration
- SHERLOC - Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence
  for Organics and Chemicals
- SuperCam - LIBS, Raman, Time-Resolved Fluorescence, VIS/IR
  spectrometers, Remote Micro-Imager and microphone
- SPICE - Observation geometry and ancillary data

Note: The Mission bundle is delayed for release 11

To access the latest PDS Data Releases, please visit the following
link:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-Release.shtml

All available PDS data may be found at:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/data-search/

For further information, see the PDS Home Page:

https://pds.nasa.gov/


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[NASA] PDS: MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY RELEASE 37

The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 37 of data from the
Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) mission. This release contains raw
and derived data products covering the time period March 23 through
July 28, 2024 (sols 4134-4257). 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/

For a dataset-oriented perspective:

https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20241206.shtml

The next MSL release is scheduled for March 17, 2025.


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XAG EDIA WORKING GROUP PRESENTATION

Please join an important presentation by Dr. David (Kawika) Trang on
mental health topics within the field of planetary science. Dr. Trang
will summarize research findings regarding the mental health survey of
the planetary science community as well as share effective coping
mechanisms for dealing with stress.

The presentation will be on December 17 at 1 PM EST. To attend,
please reach out to the XAG EDIA Working Group at planetaryedi@psi.edu.
Find out more by going to our website:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/idea/working-group/


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PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH

The December image of the month, and with that the last image of 2024,
is now available on the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page:

https://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com

This month's topic is 'Candidate Maars on Mars', contributed by Dr.
Alison Graettinger, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Missouri Kansas City.

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

You can also follow on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology

Best wishes,

Lonneke Roelofs (Chair, IAG Planetary Geomorphology working group)


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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: LECTURER, ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS (UCF)

The Department of Physics at the University of Central Florida (UCF)
invites applications for a 9-month, non-tenure earning lecturer
position, anticipated to start in August 2025. This position is
renewable annually, with the possibility of summer teaching
assignments. We seek candidates to teach upper-division undergraduate
courses in astronomy and physics, focusing on courses for our
astronomy-track majors and minors, as well as large-enrollment sections
of introductory astronomy, physics, and physical science courses for a
variety of majors. The successful applicant is expected to demonstrate
potential for excellence in teaching. Lecturers in the department
typically have instructional duties and some service assignments in
accordance with the department's current equitable workload policy.
Lecturers are encouraged to pursue independent research. Research,
curriculum development, and other activities can reduce the teaching
assignment. There is a career path for lecturers with the possibility
of promotion based on years of service and performance.

Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in astronomy, physics, or a closely
related field from an accredited institution. Experience teaching
astronomy courses at the undergraduate level.

Close date: January 9, 2025

Go to:

https://tinyurl.com/mrcyvhkh

For questions/additional information, contact: Nikitta Campbell
(nikitta.campbell@ucf.edu)


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[NASA] ROSES-24 AMENDMENT 78: D.10 TESS GENERAL INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM
FINAL TEXT AND DUE DATE

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) General Investigator
(GI) Program (NNH24ZDA001N) solicits proposals for the acquisition and
analysis of scientific data from the TESS mission. The primary purpose
of the TESS GI Program is to enhance and maximize the science return
from TESS.

Phase-1 proposals are due by 4:30 pm Eastern time on March 27, 2025,
via the Astrophysics Research Knowledgebase Remote Proposal System.

Go to:

https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2024

Programmatic questions regarding D.10 TESS GI, may be directed to John
Wisniewski at john.p.wisniewski@nasa.gov or to Joshua Pepper at
joshua.a.pepper@nasa.gov. Technical questions concerning this program
element may be directed to the TESS General Investigator Program Lead
Christina Hedges at christina.l.hedges@nasa.gov.


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EGU SESSION PS2.1: JUPITER'S ICY MOONS - WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE EUROPA
CLIPPER AND JUICE CAN TAKE US

The end of the year is fast approaching, and with it is the abstract
submission for the upcoming EGU meeting! Do you have any exciting new
results on Jupiter's icy moons science? Please consider submitting an
abstract to session PS2.1 entitled "Jupiter's icy moons: where we are,
and where Europa Clipper and Juice can take us."

More information about the session is available on the conference
website:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/51969

The EGU abstract submission deadline is Wednesday 15 January 2025,
13:00 CET.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts!

Your convening team,

Ines Belgacem, Haje Korth, Thomas Cornet, and Umberto De Filippis


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[AGU24] NASA OPAG TOWNHALL: MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) will hold a townhall at the
AGU meeting in Washington, DC. Please join us for a community
discussion on OPAG-related activities. We want your feedback! Topics
may include support for outer planets missions that are ongoing and in
development, cadence of New Frontiers and Discovery missions,
workforce, infrastructure (such as RPS), and R&A, among others. We hope
to see you there! This Townhall is open to all in person or virtually.

Date/Time: Monday December 9, 6:15-7:15 PM Eastern Time
Location: Anacostia Ballroom (Westin)

https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/meetingapp.cgi/Session/242691

For Remote Participation:

https://tinyurl.com/595h6jzd

This Townhall is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Laboratory.


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[AGU24] NASA DECADAL ASTROBIOLOGY RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION STRATEGY RFI
HUB

As we approach the February 4 deadline for RFI response submissions
to the NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy
(NASA-DARES), the NASA Astrobiology Program invites AGU attendees to a
dedicated space to meet colleagues, form writing teams, and set aside
time for focused brainstorming and writing. Whether you're just
starting to shape your response or looking to polish details with
collaborators, join us for an engaging evening to help shape the
future of astrobiology research and exploration at NASA.

Monday, December 9, 2024, 6-8 PM Eastern Time

Westin Washington D.C. Downtown
Potomac Salon 1
999 9th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

For more information, go to:

https://go.nasa.gov/ABStrategyRFI


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[AGU24] NASA MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM TOWN HALL

NASA Mars Exploration Program (MEP) Director, Eric Ianson, will be
formally unveiling the MEP Future Plan, "Expanding the Horizons of Mars
Science: A Plan for a Sustainable Science Program at Mars" during the
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C. We
encourage everyone interested in learning more about guidance and
priorities for the next 20 years of MEP's science and robotic efforts,
and its role in achieving the nation's ambitions at Mars, to attend.

Location:

Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Farragut Square/Lafayette Park Room

Date/Time: Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 6pm EST

Following the presentation, the MEP Future Plan will be made available
at the following link:

https://tinyurl.com/ze9rhfwk

An earlier draft of the plan may currently be found here.


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[AGU24] PLANETARY SCIENCE BUDGET BRIEFINGS BY THE PLANETARY SOCIETY

Join The Planetary Society for a series of briefings on the NASA
Planetary Science Division budget and what the 2025 budget process
could mean for the future of decadal science priorities. There are
three opportunities to participate in these briefings:

- Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 9:30 AM in Hall D, Pod 7

  https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/meetingapp.cgi/Session/244740

- Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 11:30 AM in Hall D, Pod 5

  https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/meetingapp.cgi/Session/244746

- Friday, Dec. 13 at 2:00 PM in Hall D, Pod 5

  https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/meetingapp.cgi/Session/244749

These 30-minute briefings will cover recent budget trends, current
fiscal challenges, and the next steps for the 2025 NASA budget. There
will be dedicated time during each session for questions from
participants wanting to learn more about the federal budget process,
status of NASA's science missions, and ways that the science community
can advocate for a higher budget for these programs.


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MARS MATISSE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP

The 2025 "Mars Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather
SciencE" (M-MATISSE) community workshop will be held on 19-23 May 2025
at University College London, United Kingdom. Everyone with interest in
the ESA Medium class (M7) mission candidate is welcome to participate.

The workshop aims to bring the scientific community together to discuss
the M-MATISSE M7 mission candidate progress in order to help with the
consolidation of the M-MATISSE science report (i.e., the Yellow Book)
that it is due in early 2026. This is a chance to help shape the
science of the mission.

Participants are invited to submit abstracts addressing one or more of
the scientific goals of the mission that can be found at:

https://sites.google.com/view/m-matisse-workshop

Abstract deadline: 24 January 2025.

Registration deadline: 31 March 2025 - There are no registration fees.

Early Career Support deadline: 24 January 2025. We are able to support
a few early careers. The application for this support will open soon,
please check our website for updates.

If you have any questions or wish to suggest any changes to the
website, please contact us: mmatisse.mission@gmail.com


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SUBMIT A PLANETARY SESSION TO THE 2025 GSA CONNECTS ANNUAL MEETING

19-22 October 2025 in San Antonio, Texas

https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2025

Planetary science will take center stage at the 2025 meeting as one of
its three main themes:

From Earth to the Cosmos: Geoscience Beyond Our Planet

This theme invites exploration of planetary geoscience in its full
scope, bridging terrestrial geology with the study of solid, icy, and
gaseous bodies across the Solar System and extending to exoplanets.
Planetary science covers impacts, volcanism and tectonism,
atmospheric, sedimentary, and hydrologic processes, regolith
formation, potential biosignatures and habitability. New frontiers
include materials for In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), such as ice
and critical minerals, which are crucial for supporting future human
habitation on other worlds. Through this expanded lens, geoscientists
can explore not only Earth's unique attributes but also the geological
and material diversity across our Solar System, contributing to
advancements in both science of planetary environments and commercial
space exploration.

GSA also welcomes proposals for field trips and short courses.


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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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[NASA] PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION PLANETARY DATA ECOSYSTEM WEBSITE

NASA's Planetary Science Division has developed a Planetary Data
Ecosystem (PDE) website as a community resource and to help increase
the discoverability of and access to planetary data, tools, and related
information.

On this new website, you'll discover Planetary Science Division funded:

- Data repositories, databases, and catalogs that include data and
  higher-order data products from space missions and ground-based
  facilities and generated by research and analysis projects.
- Software and tools including applications for data processing,
  mission support, visualization, models and simulation tools, and data
  analysis tools tailored for planetary science applications.
- Standards and policies help researchers perform robust planetary
  science and following open science practices.
- Learning resources, such as presentations, tutorials, past workshop
  materials, and upcoming events, so that we remain on the cutting edge
  of data analysis and lower barriers for using planetary data and
  tools.
- Community groups focused on planetary science and exploration.

This website can be viewed at:

https://planetary.data.nasa.gov/

Comments and feedback on this website are welcome and encouraged.
Please email the NASA Headquarters PDE Team with any comments,
additional information, or corrections at hq-pde@mail.nasa.gov.


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[NASA] VEXAG VENUS EXPLORATION STRATEGY RELEASED

In response to the 2023 Origins, Worlds, and Life Decadal Survey, the
Venus Exploration Analysis Group has developed a new strategy for Venus
exploration in the coming decade and beyond.

This new strategy has now been published:

https://tinyurl.com/VenusExploration2024

The strategy report will be maintained as a living document and updated
as needed. Community input and ideas for Venus science, exploration,
and partnerships are always solicited and welcome!


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BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE
COMMUNITY

A virtual 4 hour Bystander Intervention training is available for the
planetary science community:

January 9, 2025
1-5 pm Eastern
No cost to participants

Bystander intervention is an evidence-based framework intended to
reduce the burden on targets of harassment by shifting the
responsibility of responding to harassment from the target to the
community. This training will include background information,
discussion, and tools and strategies for intervening in problem
situations.

Additional information about the program can be found here:

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/advancingidea2024/pdf/2029.pdf

To enroll in the class, please email Kristen Bennett at
kbennett@usgs.gov

The class will be limited to 25 participants. If there is
sufficient demand, additional classes will be scheduled.


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INITIATIVE TO CREATE A PLANETARY SCIENCE DIAMOND OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL

Members of the planetary science community are leading an initiative to
create a planetary science diamond open access journal. Diamond open
access means that it is free for authors to publish, and free for
readers and libraries to access. Over the past couple of years there
has been an explosions of such journals in the geosciences (like
Volcanica, Seismica, Tektonika, and Geodynamica, to name a few), and we
will be following a similar approach that they used.

All of our internal discussions are occurring in an open forum, and if
this is a project that interests you, please feel free to sign in using
this link:

https://tinyurl.com/yte5zbez

The slides from our kickoff meeting can be found here:

https://sdrive.cnrs.fr/s/8XPxxe2A8tymAmZ

And a recording is on youtube here:

https://youtu.be/I-sOb51LSFc?feature=shared

You can subscribe to our email list by sending a message to
sympa@listes.u-paris.fr with the subject: subscribe
planetary-science.doaj

We plan to have an open call for editors and associate editors in March
at LPSC, and the launch date is expected to be January 2026 or earlier.


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NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR

Join us on 19 December 2024, 2:30-3pm EST (11:30-12 PST,12:30-1pm MST,
1:30-2pm CST)

New Horizons continues its operation, now at 58.8au 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. To raise awareness
of New Horizon's scientific impact we are beginning a new spotlight
seminar series (30 min, fourth week each month) which we invite you to
attend online, or watch recorded at your convenience.

Our speaker will be Wesley Fraser of the Herzberg Institute of
Astronomy and Astrophysics and he will be speaking on:

"Candidate Distant Trans-Neptunian Objects Detected by the New Horizons
Subaru TNO Survey"

Connection Link:

https://zoom.us/j/97317697636?pwd=MTAzMjJmNThTeFppR3JoYzlkUXVCQT09

Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636
Passcode: 802327

Calendar for future seminars:

https://tinyurl.com/4f57yka4

Recordings are archived and posted at:

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

For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, susank@psi.edu


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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 4-6, 2025
5th Annual Meeting of the Mercury Exploration Assessment Group (MExAG)
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mexag/meetings/feb2025/
Laurel, MD

February 25-March 6, 2025
Summer School: The Birth of Solar Systems
https://tinyurl.com/52t72ycs
Bertinoro, Italy

April 9-10, 2025
Apophis T-4 Years: Knowledge Opportunity for the Science of Planetary
Defense
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/apophis2025/
Tokyo, Japan

May 5-9, 2025
IAA Planetary Defense Conference 2025
https://iaaspace.org/event/9th-iaa-planetary-defense-conference-2025/
Cape Town, South Africa

May 19-23, 2025
Mars Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather SciencE
(M-MATISSE) Community Workshop
https://sites.google.com/view/m-matisse-workshop
London, United Kingdom

May 25-30, 2025
Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/
Chiba, Japan

May 26-30, 2025
5th Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science "Physical and Dynamical
Processes of Exoplanetary Systems"
https://ases5.web.roma2.infn.it/
Rome, Italy

November 17-21, 2025
Planetary Formation and Exoplanets in the ELT Era
https://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2025/exo-elt.html
Garching, 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

Telescope-to-Fireball Characterization of Earth Impactor 2022 WJ1
Theodore Kareta et al. 2024 PSJ 5:253
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad8b22

Detection of Hydration on Nominally Anhydrous S-complex Main Belt
Asteroids
Maggie McAdam et al. 2024 PSJ 5:254
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad888d

Substantial Extension of the Lifetime of the Terrestrial Biosphere
R. J. Graham et al. 2024 PSJ 5:255
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad7856

Grain Size Effects on Visible and Near-infrared (0.35-2.5 um)
Laboratory Spectra of Rare Meteorite Classes
K. I. Ridenhour et al. 2024 PSJ 5:256
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad7116

Calibration and In-flight Performance of DART's Didymos Reconnaissance
and Asteroid Camera for OpNav (DRACO)
Carolyn M. Ernst et al. 2024 PSJ 5:257
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad823a

HyPyRameter: A Python Toolbox to Calculate Spectral Parameters from
Hyperspectral Reflectance Data
Michael S. Phillips et al. 2024 PSJ 5:258
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad81f8

Zonal and Regional Jupiter Brightness Trends from the Hubble Outer
Planet Atmospheres Legacy Program
Amy A. Simon and Michael H. Wong 2024 PSJ 5:259
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad8c23

Mercury Spectrophotometric Modeling Using MESSENGER Data
Vesa Bjorn et al. 2024 PSJ 5:260
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad8b9f

Thermophysical Diversity of Young Lunar Crater Ejecta Revealed with
LRO Diviner Observations
Cailin L. Gallinger et al. 2024 PSJ 5:261
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad84e3

New Candidates for Organic-rich Regions on Ceres
J. L. Rizos et al. 2024 PSJ 5:262
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad86ba

Preservation of Microorganisms (Chroococcidiopsis sp. 029) in Salt
Minerals under Low Atmospheric Pressure: Application to Life Detection
on Mars
Ziyao Fang et al. 2024 PSJ 5:263
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad8b1b

Characterization of the Dust and Sodium Tails of Comet C/2020 F3
(NEOWISE) from Parker Solar Probe and Amateur Observations
Qasim Afghan et al. 2024 PSJ 5:264
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad856b

Mapping Paleolacustrine Deposits with a UAV-borne Multispectral
Camera: Implications for Future Drone Mapping on Mars
Gayantha R. Kodikara et al. 2024 PSJ 5:265
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad8b29

Size Distribution of Small Grains in the Inner Zodiacal Cloud
J. R. Szalay et al. 2024 PSJ 5:266
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad8b27


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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS - NEW PAPERS

Direct Links to Open Access (OA) Papers

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

A Low Albedo, Thin, Resistant Unit in Oxia Planum, Mars: Evidence for
an Airfall Deposit and Late-Stage Groundwater Activity at the ExoMars
Rover Landing Site
E. Harris et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008527

Environmental Changes Recorded in Sedimentary Rocks in the
Clay-Sulfate Transition Region in Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the
Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analysis Instrument Onboard the
Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover
J. V. Clark et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008587

High Pressure Melting Curve of Fe-Si: Implication for the Thermal
Properties in Mercury's Core
Innocent C. Ezenwa
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008353

Automated Mineralogy Analysis of the Apollo 17 73002 Continuous Core
Thin Sections Using QEMSCAN Mapping Techniques
S. K. Bell et al.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008359

Diagenesis of the Clay-Sulfate Stratigraphic Transition, Mount Sharp
Group, Gale Crater, Mars
C. H. Seeger & J. P. Grotzinger
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008531


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