PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Number 39 (August 23, 2009) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editor: Nic Richmond Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Planetary Science Decadal Survey Satellites Panel Meeting 2. Planetary Science Decadal Survey Giant Planets Panel Meeting 3. Planetary Science Decadal Survey Inner Planets Panel Meeting 4. Planetary Science Decadal Survey Mars Panel Meeting 5. Planetary Science Decadal Survey Primitive Bodies Panel Meeting 6. Primitive Bodies Communty White Papers Deadline Approaching 7. Fall AGU Special Session: Volcano-Tectonics: New Insights from Earth and Other Planets 8. FALL AGU Special Session: Deep Planetary Transition Layer Processes 9. New Horizons KBO Search - DPS Meeting Workshop 10. Job Announcement - School Postdoctoral Fellowship 11. Planetary Science Slides and Illustrations 12. [NASA PDS] Mars Exploration Rovers Data Release 21 13. The CPS 6th International School of Planetary Sciences - First Circular 14. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 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 PLANETARY SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY SATELLITES PANEL MEETING 24-26 August (open sessions start at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) on 24th and end at 6:00 p.m. (EDT) on 25th). Lecture Room, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C., 20418 Open sessions webcast at http://nasa-nai.acrobat.com/psdecadal/ Audio at 866-606-4717, Access Code 7078222 Agenda available at http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb/satellites_agenda_meeting_1.pdf 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 PLANETARY SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY GIANT PLANETS PANEL MEETING 24-26 August (open session starts at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) on 24th and end at 6:00 p.m. (EDT) on 25th). Board Room, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C., 20418 Open sessions of Giant Planets Panel only, webcast at http://nasa-nai.acrobat.com/giant1/ Audio at 866-606-4717, Access code 6686308 Joint sessions with Satellites Panel webcast at http://nasa-nai.acrobat.com/psdecadal/ Audio at 866-606-4717, Access Code 7078222 Agenda available at http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb /giant_planets_agenda_meeting_1.pdf 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 PLANETARY SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY INNER PLANETS PANEL MEETING 26-28 August (open sessions start at 3:45 p.m. (EDT) on 26th and end at 10:15 a.m. on the 28th). Lecture Room, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C., 20418 Open sessions webcast at http://nasa-nai.acrobat.com/psdecadal/ Audio at 866-606-4717, Access Code 7078222 Agenda available at http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb /inner_planets_agenda_meeting_1.pdf 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 PLANETARY SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY MARS PANEL MEETING 9-11 September (open sessions start at 10:00 a.m. (MST) on the 9th and end at 6:00 p.m. (MST) on the 10th) North (9th) and South (10th) Rooms, Faculty Club, Arizona State University, 425 East University Drive, Tempe, Arizona 85281 Open sessions webcast at http://nasa-nai.acrobat.com/psdecadal/ Audio at 866-606-4717, Access Code 7078222 Agenda available at http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb/mars_panel_agenda_meeting_1.pdf 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 PLANETARY SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY PRIMITIVE BODIES PANEL 9-11 September (open sessions start at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) on the 9th and end at 6:00 p.m. (EDT) on the 10th). Room 150, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C., 20418 Open sessions webcast at http://nasa-nai.acrobat.com/primitive1/ Audio at 866-606-4717, Access Code 6686308 Agenda available at http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb /primitive_bodies_agenda_meeting_1.pdf 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 PRIMITIVE BODIES COMMUNITY WHITE PAPAERS DEADLINE APPROACHING The NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group has organized seven community white papers to provide community input to the planetary decadal survey on the top-level science issues and mission priorities in the areas of Near-Earth Asteroids, Asteroids, Comets, Interplanetary Dust, Small Irregular Satellites, Centaurs and Small Irregular TNOs, and Dwarf Planets. Go to http://www.psi.edu/decadal to register and participate in these papers and the discussion of prioritization across the white paper recommendations that will follow. The deadline for these community white papers is September 4. 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 FALL AGU SPECIAL SSESSION: VOLCANO-TECTONICS - NEW INSIGHTS FROM EARTH AND OTHER PLANETS We would like to encourage your participation in the session “V12: Volcano-Tectonics: New Insights from Earth and Other Planets” at the 2009 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco (December 14th – 18th). This session is jointly sponsored by the Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology (V), Earth and Planetary Surface Processes (EP), Planetary Sciences (P) and Tectonophysics (T) committees. For the session’s aims and scope, see: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/scientific_session_search.php? show=detail&sessid=137 Abstract Submission - Deadline is September 3rd. Abstracts must be submitted by the first author and this person must be a paid-up member of AGU by August 20th. Further details: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/abstract_submissions.php AGU Student Travel Grants - application deadline is also September 3rd, but please note that an abstract must be submitted before applying for a grant. See: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/outreach/student_travel.php Other Travel Grants - information about AGU Travel Grant opportunities for Earth and space scientists who reside in certain low-income countries is available at: http://www.agu.org/meetings/STG/ For general information, such as registration, scientific program, etc. see: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/index.php We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco, E. Canon-Tapia, E. Herrero-Bervera, E. Holohan & M. Kervyn P.S. Please accept our apologies for any multiple posts. 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 FALL AGU SPECIAL SESSION: DEEP PLANETARY TRANSITION LAYER PROCESSES Conveners: Jon Aurnou, Matthieu Dumberry & John Hernlund Abstracts are due Sept. 3. DI10: Boundary and Transition Layer Coupling Processes in Deep Planetary Interiors The interface between the metallic, electrically-conducting 'core' and the electrically-insulating 'mantle' is often the dominant limiting boundary for thermal, mass, and momentum transport in a planet's interior. For the terrestrial planets, this corresponds to the seismically sharp core-mantle boundary. For the outer planets such an interface is not as well understood and may be more diffuse. In Jupiter and Saturn, the interface represents a transition from the deep atmosphere (also called the molecular envelope) to the liquid metallic core. In Uranus and Neptune, the interface is the transition between the deep atmosphere and a conducting layer of ionic liquid with an ice-rich composition. Because important boundary layers lie both above and below, these interfaces are critical for understanding a planet's thermal, chemical, magnetic and rotational state, as as its evolutionary path to that state. In this session, we welcome contributions on coupling processes across core-mantle interfaces of all kinds, and on the ways in which these processes affect the planet's observable properties. 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 NEW HORIZONS KBO SEARCH - DPS MEETING WORKSHOP Following its July 2015 Pluto encounter, the New Horizons (NH) spacecraft will continue into the Kuiper Belt, and one or more KBOs may be targeted for close flybys. There are probably KBOs brighter than magnitude 27 that are accessible by the spacecraft, but these have yet to be discovered. The optimum time for a search for flyby targets for NH is the period 2011-2014, when the search area is relatively small and is beginning to emerge from the Milky Way. Large-aperture telescopes, wide-field imagers, and software capable of extracting moving objects from crowded starfields will be required. The New Horizons project is soliciting help for this search, and can provide financial support for selected search teams. NH science team participation of search team PIs in the KBO encounter(s) is also a possibility. There will be a workshop at the 2009 DPS meeting (time and place TBD), which will include discussion of the search region, search depth required, possible search and data analysis strategies, results of preliminary searches, and potential mechanisms for forming and funding search teams. If you are interested in the DPS workshop or the search, please contact John Spencer, lastname@boulder.swri.edu 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT - SCHOOL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP See http://jobs.anu.edu.au/PositionDetail.aspx?p=791 This Fellowship aims to attract candidates of the highest ability, irrespective of field, to the physics program in the Australian National University's College of Physical Sciences. The physics program at ANU includes research programs in planetary atmospheric chemistry, planetary astronomy, and laboratory spectroscopy. Applications are open to candidates who are within five years of the date of award of their PhD. Candidates who are in the final stage of their PhD must have been awarded their degree by the time of commencing their appointment. Candidates will be assessed on their research potential and track record relative to opportunity, taking into account their background in either theory or experiment. The Fellowship is for two years in any of the physics research areas within the College of Physical Sciences: http://physics.anu.edu.au/ or http://www.anu.edu.au/Physics/new/index.php. Fellowship enquiries: Professor Kenneth Baldwin Planetary research enquiries: Professor Brenton Lewis, Dr Stephen Gibson, or Dr Frank Mills Deadline for application 31 August 2009. 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 PLANETARY SCIENCE SLIDES AND ILLUSTRATIONS Are you looking for some great slides or illustrations to use in your classes this term? The Planetary Science Research Discoveries website has powerpoint slides for 20 of its latest articles covering fundamental topics in planetary science. The slides are annotated with captions and notes, and are linked to PSRD articles that provide the full context, additional graphics, and references. Web link: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-PSRDpresents.html In addition, many college instructors have recommended their students begin with PSRD when researching topics for term papers or other research projects. All 130+ articles are available in the archive at http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/ 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] MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS DATA RELEASE 21 The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce Release 21 of Mars Exploration Rover data. This release includes primarily data from Sols 1711 through 1800 for both rovers. To access the above data, please visit the following link: http://pds.nasa.gov/subscription_service/SS-20090817.html The following special services are provided for accessing MER data: MER Analyst's Notebook: http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/mer/ Planetary Image Atlas: http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search/mer/ To access the latest PDS Data Releases, please visit the following link: http://pds.nasa.gov/subscription_service/SS-Release.html All available PDS data may be found at: http://pds.nasa.gov/tools/data-search/ For further information, see the PDS Home Page: http://pds.nasa.gov/ Thank you for subscribing to the PDS Notification Service, The PDS Team Mailto: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818) 393-7165. 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 THE CPS 6TH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PLANETARY SCIENCES - FIRST CIRCULAR "Planetary Atmospheres - Sisters, relatives and ancestors of our own" January 4 - 9, 2010 http://www.cps-jp.org/~pschool/2010-01-04/ LOCATION: SEAPAL SUMA, Kobe, Japan. ENROLLMENT: 50 participants Deadline for Application: September 25, 2009 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 MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html October 21-23, 2009 Women in Astronomy and Space Science: Meeting the Challenges of an Increasingly Diverse Workforce http://wia2009.gsfc.nasa.gov College Park, MD January 4-9, 2010 Planetary Atmospheres - Sisters, Relatives and Ancestors of our Own http://cps.scitec.kobe-u.ac.jp/~pschool/2010-01-04/ Kobe, Japan June 14-16, 2010 Faraday Discussion 147: Chemistry of the Planets http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/FD147/index.asp Saint Jacut de la Mer, France July 5-9, 2010 Seventh Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS 2010) http://www.asiaoceania.org/ Hyderabad, India July 26-30, 2010 2010 Sagan Summer Workshop http://nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/2010/index.shtml Pasadena, CA [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 at psi.edu.] *********************************************************************** * * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at * * http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.html * * To unsubscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_unsubscribe.html * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor at psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. 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