PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 17, Number 38 (September 3, 2023) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Matthew R. Perry, Alex Morgan Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Planetary Exploration Newsletter Mailer Continues to be Down 2. ESA Research Fellowships in Space Science 3. MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2024 4. Post-Doctoral Position in Space Plasma Physics at IRF 5. Ph.D. Position in Exo-(Planetary) Science at University of Central Florida 6. [NASA] ROSES-23: C.25 Hera Participating Scientist Program Final Text and Due Dates 7. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 8. Final Arecibo Observatory Newsletter 9. ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme 10. NASA Ames Community Analysis Pipeline and Mars Global Climate Model Virtual Tutorial 11. [NASA] PDS: Aperiodic Data Releases in 2023.08 12. [NASA] PDS: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Release 66 13. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 14. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers 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 EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER MAILER CONTINUES TO BE DOWN We are in the process of changing our mailer to another provider. In the meantime, PEN is available at planetarynews.org and Twitter (X). Thank you for your patience! Mark Sykes, Alex Morgan, Matt Perry 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 ESA RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN SPACE SCIENCE We are pleased to inform you about the opening of the call for the European Space Agency's Research Fellowships in Space Science. The call is opening on 28 August 2023 with an application deadline on 18 September 2023. ESA's postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme offers early-career scientists and engineers the possibility to carry out research in a variety of disciplines related to space science, space applications or space technology. Research Fellowships in Space Science specifically offer the opportunity to contribute to ESA's endeavour to explore our Solar System and the Universe, and cover the fields of heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics and fundamental physics. Appointments are for a maximum of three years. The initial project is for two years. An extension for a third year requires a dedicated proposal and is frequently granted. Applicants should have recently completed or be close to completing their PhD in a technical or scientific discipline. Preference will be given to candidates with up to five years of relevant experience after their PhD. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals certain states. More information on the Research Fellowship programme and on how to apply can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/4vbc6p3r [Edited for length] 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 MS/PHD POSITIONS FOR FALL 2024 I am community sourcing a list of people who are actively in search of MS/PhD students in planetary science/astrobiology/exoplanets for Fall 2024. If you are such a person, please fill out the following google form: https://tinyurl.com/8byrzu6n Prospective graduate students, please find the resulting list at: https://tinyurl.com/bdf9654j Questions: Please email Sarah Horst (Sarah.horst@jhu.edu) 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 POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS AT IRF Post-Doctoral Position in Space Plasma Physics with focus on the lunar environment. The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) is a leading research institute in the field of planetary magnetospheres and solar wind interactions with a focus on particle measurements. Applicants are invited for a position for data analysis and numerical simulations related to the Moon environment with a focus on the plasma–surface interaction processes. The selected candidate will work in the Solar System Physics and Space Technology program (SSPT) at IRF. For more information: https://www.irf.se/jobb 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 PH.D. POSITION IN EXO-(PLANETARY) SCIENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Prof. Ramses Ramirez is seeking a qualified Ph.D. student to join his research team within the UCF Planetary Sciences Group (Department of Physics) in the Fall 2024 semester. The qualified candidate will work with Prof. Ramirez and develop an original project to simulate the atmospheres of potentially habitable exoplanets or solar system worlds. Theoretical projects involving climate, atmospheric escape or atmospheric-surface interactions (among others) are encouraged. Some hot topics include atmospheric-magma ocean evolution and the potential (past) habitability of Mars, Venus or Titan. Programming experience is a must. Highly-motivated individuals with relevant astronomy, planetary science, geoscience, or engineering backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. UCF offers a rigorous research program in Planetary Sciences, where students are paired with Ph.D. advisors upon admission. We offer robust academic and research mentoring programs and have strong ties to the Florida Space Institute and the NASA Kennedy Space Center. More information about Prof. Ramirez and the Planetary Sciences Group (plus Ph.D. program), respectively, can be found here: https://habitableplanets.wordpress.com/ https://planets.ucf.edu/ For more information reach Prof. Ramirez at Ramses.Ramirez@ucf.edu 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 [NASA] ROSES-23: C.25 HERA PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST PROGRAM FINAL TEXT AND DUE DATES The Hera Participating Scientist Program (Hera-PSP) solicits proposals to support scientists at U.S. institutions to participate on the Hera mission, which the European Space Agency (ESA) is developing for launch in 2024. Hera is Europe's contribution to the international planetary defense demonstration that was initiated by NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). Hera, planned to launch in 2024, will arrive at the Didymos system in 2026 to perform a close-up survey of both asteroids, measuring their masses and compositions, and to provide further assessment of the changes caused by DART. The Hera-PSP solicits proposals for science investigations or other scientific contributions to the Hera mission that directly address outstanding questions in planetary defense and near-Earth asteroid science and that could be carried out during the mission's primary flight and post-flight phases. Mandatory NOIs are due October 3, 2023, and proposals are due November 30, 2023. Go to: https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2023 Questions concerning C.25 Hera-PSP may be directed to Thomas S. Statler at thomas.s.statler@nasa.gov and Amanda Nahm at amanda.l.nahm@nasa.gov. [Edited for length] 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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The September image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: https://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is 'Meter-scale ripples on Mars change in size according to atmospheric density', contributed by Dr. David A. Vaz, from the Centre for Earth and Space Research, University of Coimbra. You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Twitter: @PlanetGeomorpho You can also follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology Best wishes, Lonneke Roelofs (Chair, IAG Planetary Geomorphology working group) 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 FINAL ARECIBO OBSERVATORY NEWSLETTER The final Arecibo Observatory newsletter is now available at: https://arecibo.space.swri.edu/current_newsletter.php The Arecibo Observatory ceased science operations on August 14, 2023. In the newsletter, you can find recent highlights from the planetary radar program including many recent publications by students, as well as a press release about a recent AO radar analysis of JAXA mission target 3200 Phaethon: https://tinyurl.com/2wbct58p Also included in the newsletter: - Current plans for the equipment and the facilities - Storage and access of Arecibo data - Recent upgrades that had been completed just prior to closure - Recognition Ceremony for AO staff - A summary of the incredible education programs hosted at the observatory - Much more. We thank all of the planetary science community for their years of support for the Arecibo Observatory. 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 ESA ARCHIVAL RESEARCH VISITOR PROGRAMME To increase the scientific return from its space science missions, the European Space Agency (ESA) welcomes applications from scientists interested in pursuing research projects based on data publicly available in the ESA Space Science Archives: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc The ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme is open to scientists, at all career levels, affiliated with institutes in ESA Member States and Collaborating States. Early-career scientists (within 10 years of the PhD) are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications by PhD students are also welcome. During their stay, visiting scientists will have access to archives and mission specialists for help with the retrieval, calibration, and analysis of archival data. Residence lasts typically between one and three months, also distributed over multiple visits. Research projects can be carried out at ESAC (Madrid, Spain) and at ESTEC (Noordwijk, Netherlands). To offset the expenses incurred by visitors, ESA covers travel costs from and to the home institution and provides support for lodging expenses and meals. Applications received before 1 November 2023 will be considered for visits in spring and summer 2024. For further details, including areas of research and contact information, please refer to: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/visitor-programme Write to the programme coordinators at arvp@cosmos.esa.int [Edited for length] 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 NASA AMES COMMUNITY ANALYSIS PIPELINE AND MARS GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL VIRTUAL TUTORIAL The Mars Climate Modeling Center at NASA Ames Research Center will host a virtual modeling tutorial November 13-15, 2023. The tutorial will contain two parts. The first part will focus on teaching users how to analyze model output with the Community Analysis Pipeline (CAP), which is an open-source python-based analysis toolkit. The second part will focus on teaching users how to use the new NASA Ames Mars Global Climate Model (GCM), which is based on the NOAA/GFDL cubed-sphere finite volume (FV3) dynamical core and the Ames Legacy GCM physics. The tutorial will include lectures and hands-on sessions. Students, teachers, and researchers with a range of numerical modeling experiences are encouraged to participate. More information and registration is available at: https://forms.gle/fPVUkvnp6c4FPWqH8 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 [NASA] PDS: APERIODIC DATA RELEASES IN 2023.08 In August 2023, PDS ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: 2023.08.25 PVO Neutral Mass Spectrometer (ONMS) 2023.08.23 MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer Atmospheric Recalibration 2023.08.21 VG2 Plasma Science Experiment (PLS) Jupiter 2023.08.11 MGS Wide-Angle Camera Photometrically Controlled Mosaics 2023.08.08 MEX HRSC Map Projected REFDR Ext6 V4.0 2023.08.08 PVO Electron Temperature Probe (OETP) 2023.08.05 GLL Trajectory Jupiter To access those data: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20230831.shtml To access all data archived in PDS: https://pds.nasa.gov 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 RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DATA RELEASE 66 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 66 of data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). This release contains raw, calibrated, and derived data products nominally covering the time period November 9, 2022, through February 8, 2023. 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-20230901.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/ For further information, see the PDS Home Page: https://pds.nasa.gov/ MRO data releases occur every three months. The next release is scheduled for December 1, 2023. 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Note: Most face-to-face meetings going forward will have online components. Check their websites for details. Posted at https://planetarynews.org/meetings.html November 5-9, 2023 33rd Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems Conference https://adass2023.lpl.arizona.edu Tucson, AZ [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.] 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 SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Direct Links to Open Access Papers Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org The Spatial Distribution of the Unidentified 2.07 Micron Absorption Feature on Europa and Implications for its Origin M. Ryleigh Davis et al. 2023 PSJ 4:148 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/aced96 Equatorial Waves and Superrotation in the Stratosphere of a Titan General Circulation Model Neil T. Lewis et al. 2023 PSJ 4:149 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace76f Predicting the Effect of Surface Properties on Enceladus for Landing John M. Harmon et al. 2023 PSJ 4:150 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acec49 Implications for Chondrule Formation Regions and Solar Nebula Magnetism from Statistical Reanalysis of Chondrule Paleomagnetism Roger R. Fu et al. 2023 PSJ 4:151 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace716 The Case for Future Gravity Science Investigations at Saturn with a Planetary Orbiter Marzia Parisi 2023 PSJ 4:152 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace7ce MIR Spectra and Analysis of Jovian Trojan Asteroids Audrey C. Martin and Joshua P. Emery 2023 PSJ 4:153 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/aced0c Microwave Observations of Venus with CLASS Sumit Dahal et al. 2023 PSJ 4:154 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acee76 Exploring Martian Magnetic Fields with a Helicopter Anna Mittelholz et al. 2023 PSJ 4:155 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace9c1 Spatial Distribution of Glycine and Aspartic Acid in Rapidly Frozen Brines Relevant to Enceladus Tuan H. Vu et al. 2023 PSJ 4:156 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/aced90 *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at https://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your email address, go to * https://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.php. * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor@psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. Title plus text is limited to 200 words. All PEN * submissions will be tweeted @pen2tweets. Please submit a 234 (or * fewer) character tweet. Alternatively, the editorial staff will * create one for you. 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