PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 18, Number 26 (June 23, 2024) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Matthew R. Perry Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Alex Morgan Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. New Horizons Science Spotlight Webinar - This Week 2. The Mars Atmosphere Data Assimilation (MADA) 2024 Workshop 3. PlanetInsitu24 Workshop: Rise of the Drones 4. Interdisciplinary Workshop with Travel Support: Exoplanets - Compositions, Mineralogy, Evolution 5. AGU Session EP005: Aqueous Processes Across our Solar System - Interpreting How Water Shapes Terrestrial and Planetary Surfaces at Different Spatial Scales 6. [NASA] PDS: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CTX and MARCI Global Mosaics 7. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 8. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers Commercial Announcements: C1. Final Announcement: Earth and Space Experience Webinar 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 NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR - THIS WEEK Join us on June 27, 2024 at 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 Alex Doner from the University of Colorado. His talk is entitled: "New Horizons Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter Observes Higher than Expected Fluxes Approaching 60 AU" Connection Link: https://tinyurl.com/3x37w993 Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636 Passcode: 802327 Calendar for future seminars: https://tinyurl.com/mr2p6x5u Recordings are archived and posted at: https://tinyurl.com/bdfn7ubh For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, susank@psi.edu 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 THE MARS ATMOSPHERE DATA ASSIMILATION (MADA) 2024 WORKSHOP The MADA 2024 Workshop will be held on the morning of Friday, 26 July 2024 in Pasadena, CA, following the Tenth International Conference on Mars. After more than thirteen Martian years of continuous atmospheric observations, the aim of this short workshop is to gather the community of researchers interested in data assimilation for the atmosphere of Mars, specifically connecting those working on the modeling techniques with those providing the data as well as thinking about future spacecraft missions. The objectives are to discuss what lessons we have learned so far, what challenges remain, and what opportunities are ahead of us. In addition to discussing specific technical challenges and opportunities, the workshop may include a session focused on introducing current Mars reanalyses to a broader audience of planetary scientists and engineers. This workshop is a follow-up on the MADA 2018 Workshop, held in Le Bourget-du-Lac, France. Logistical details will be provided at a later time. There is no participation fee. For organizational purposes, it would be greatly beneficial if those interested could express their intention by filling out the short form available at the following link: https://forms.gle/uW8BDhBzBeFBTW86A [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 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 Tenth 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. 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/53xykxzj Further information about the PlanetInsitu community and events: https://planetinsitu.space/ Recordings of presentations, discussions, and tech demos from PlanetInsitu22 and PlanetInsitu23-ICAR: https://boi.st/planetinsitu22 [Edited for length] 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 INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP WITH TRAVEL SUPPORT: EXOPLANETS - COMPOSITIONS, MINERALOGY, EVOLUTION This workshop at Goldschmidt24 will feature talks/discussions on astronomy, geology, and astrobiology to help bridge the gap in exoplanet characterization. The speakers of the workshop have come together to write the Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (RiMG) book: "Exoplanets: Compositions, Mineralogy, Evolution". The chapters focus on understanding/learning about other disciplines and cater to non-expert scientists, and will be the focus of the talks. Workshop information: https://tinyurl.com/Goldschmidt24Exoplanets Dates: August 17-18, 2024 in Chicago, right before Goldschmidt2024 Registration: Cost is $260 (reg) / $210 (students). Includes lunch and coffee for both days, as well as a copy of the RiMG book! Travel support: The organizers have secured NASA funding to offset domestic travel and registration costs for U.S.-based researchers. Interested attendees can apply for funding here: https://forms.gle/F8QkqKuPhqCTsnow6 Forms submitted by June 23, 2024 will receive full consideration. We expect to notify applicants by June 26, 2024. The workshop registration deadline is July 1, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact Natalie Hinkel at natalie.hinkel@gmail.com [Edited for length] 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 AGU SESSION EP005: AQUEOUS PROCESSES ACROSS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM - INTERPRETING HOW WATER SHAPES TERRESTRIAL AND PLANETARY SURFACES AT DIFFERENT SPATIAL SCALES How does water alter the morphology and composition of planetary landscapes? How can laboratory, modeling, and analog studies complement lander, rover, and orbiter data? Can we infer past climate and habitability on other planets from studying aqueous processes? If you're interested in these questions and any others related to aqueous processes across our Solar System, please submit an abstract to our session! This session intends to increase collaboration across the Earth and planetary communities and to encourage the exchange of expertise between scientists who use different techniques! Click here to view our flyer: https://tinyurl.com/4epyvxwe Submit your abstract here: https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/prelim.cgi/Session/228365 Conveners: James Haber, Amanda Rudolph, Ross P. Irwin III, Sharon A. Wilson 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] PDS: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER CTX AND MARCI GLOBAL MOSAICS The NASA Planetary Data System announces global mosaics of Mars created from data from MRO's CTX and MARCI cameras. The Context Camera (CTX) mosaic, is comprised of 86,571 separate images acquired between 2006 and 2020. The Mars Color Imager (MARCI) daily global maps are each composed of 13 consecutive global map swaths. The CTX mosaic may be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/5n7vdv4v The MARCI maps may be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/35tcn984 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/ 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 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 July 26, 2024 The Mars Atmosphere Data Assimilation (MADA) 2024 Workshop https://forms.gle/uW8BDhBzBeFBTW86A Pasadena, CA August 17-18, 2024 Exoplanets: Compositions, Mineralogy, Evolution Workshop https://tinyurl.com/Goldschmidt24Exoplanets Chicago, IL [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.] 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 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Direct Links to Open Access Papers Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org Tidal Seismicity in the Moon and Implications for the Rocky Interior of Europa Laurent Pou et al. 2024 PSJ 5:142 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad47bc Detection of Close Kuiper Belt Binaries with HST WFC3 Simon B. Porter et al. 2024 PSJ 5:143 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad3f19 Constraining Time Variations in Enceladus's Water-vapor Plume with Near-infrared Spectra from Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer K. E. Denny et al. 2024 PSJ 5:144 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad4c69 The Limited Role of the Streaming Instability during Moon and Exomoon Formation Miki Nakajima et al. 2024 PSJ 5:145 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad4863 Energy and Temperature Dependencies for Electron-induced Sputtering from H2O Ice: Implications for the Icy Galilean Moons Rebecca A. Carmack and Mark J. Loeffler 2024 PSJ 5:146 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad484d Geologic History of the Amundsen Crater Region Near the Lunar South Pole: Basis for Future Exploration Lukas Wueller et al. 2024 PSJ 5:147 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad2c04 Retrieved Atmospheres and Inferred Surface Properties for Terrestrial Exoplanets Using Transmission and Reflected-light Spectroscopy Samantha Gilbert-Janizek et al. 2024 PSJ 5:148 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad381e Asteroid Impact Hazard Warning from the Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission Oliver Lay et al. 2024 PSJ 5:149 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad4d9e Using Hydrodynamic Similarity as a Verification Method for Impact Cratering Simulations in the FLAG Hydrocode Matthew C. Holmes et al. 2024 PSJ 5:150 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad4bdb Thermodynamic Predictions of Hydrogen Generation during the Serpentinization of Harzburgite with Seawater-derived Brines Sanjoy M. Som et al. 2024 PSJ 5:151 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad42a1 *********************************************************************** COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS *********************************************************************** C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1-C1 FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: EARTH AND SPACE EXPERIENCE WEBINAR Last Call for the New Mexico Planetary Analog Webinar, June 24 at 4 pm ET. New Mexico has some astonishing planetary analog geologic field sites. Join a free webinar Monday, June 24 at 4 pm ET to learn about the geology at four locations in southern New Mexico and how these sites are analogs for the Moon, Mars, Io, Venus, and elsewhere. The webinar will include testimonials of teachers who have joined us for our "Earth and Space Experience for Educators" field trips and we'll provide all you need to know to make an informed decision about whether to join us on a future trip to New Mexico to go where the rocks live! 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