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Activity Report 2019 1 SETI Institute Activity Report 2019 The SETI Institute: 189 Bernardo Avenue, Suite 200, Mountain View, CA 94043. Phone: (650) 961-6633 2 Table of Contents • Peer-Reviewed Publications, 3 • Abstracts and Conference Proceedings, 15 • Technical Reports & Data Releases, 30 • Media Coverage, 33 • Speaking Engagements, 41 • Highlights, 46 • Fieldwork, 49 • Honors & Awards, 50 • Missions, Telescope Time, Strategic Planning, 55 • Summer Internships, 59 • Acknowledgments,61 The SETI Institute: 189 Bernardo Avenue #200, Mountain View, CA 90443. Phone: (650) 061-6633 3 Peer-Reviewed Publications 4 1. Abdalla H, Aharonian F, Ait Benkhali F, Anguner EO, 14. Beaty DW, MM Grady, HY McSween, E Sefton-Nash, BL Arakawa M, et al., including Huber D (2019). VHE γ-ray Carrier, et al., including JL Bishop, (2019). The potential discovery and multiwavelength study of the blazar 1ES 2322- science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth 409. MNRAS 482, 3011-3022. by Mars sample return. 54, S3-S152. 2. Abdalla H, Aharonian F, Ait Benkhali F, Anguner EO, 15. Becker JC, Vanderburg A, Rodriguez JE, Omohundro M, Arakawa M, et al., including Huber D (2019). The 2014 TeV Adams FC, et al., including Huber D (2019). A Discrete Set γ-Ray Flare of Mrk 501 Seen with H.E.S.S.: Temporal and of Possible Transit Ephemerides for Two Long-period Gas Spectral Constraints on Lorentz Invariance Violation. Giants Orbiting HIP 41378. Astron. J. 157, id.19, 13pp. Astrophys. J. 870, id.93, 9pp. 16. Bera PP, Huang X, and Lee TJ (2019) Highly Accurate 3. Abdalla H, Aharonian F, Ait Benkhali F, Anguner EO, Quartic Force Field and Rovibrational Spectroscopic Arakawa M, et al., including Huber D (2019). Particle Constants for the Azirinyl Cation (c-C2NH2+) and Its transport within the pulsar wind nebula HESS J1825-137. Isomers, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Articles ASAP, Astron. Astrophys. 621, id.A116, 18pp. published online 12/20/2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10290 4. Aleman I., Leal-Rerreira M.L., Cami J., Akras S., Ochsendorf et al. including Peeters E. (2019) Physical conditions, 17. Beyer RA et al. including CB Beddingfield (2019). The kinematics and morphology of the planetary nebula Tc1 from nature and origin of Charon's smooth plains. Icarus 323, p.16- VLT X-Shooter observations, MNRAS, 490(2): 2475-2494 32 5. Aleman I., Leal-Ferreira M.L., Cami J., Akras S., Ochsendorf 18. Bishop JL, C Gross, JM Danielsen, M Parente, SL Murchie, B., et al., including Peeters E., (2019) “Characterisation of the B Horgan, JJ Wray, CE Viviano, BL Ehlmann & FP Seelos Planetary Nebula Tc 1 based on VLT X-Shooter (2019). Multiple mineral horizons in layered outcrops at Observations”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Mawrth Vallis, Mars, signify changing geochemical Society, 490, 2475. environments on early Mars. Icarus. 6. Airapetian, V.S., Barnes, R., Cohen, O., Collinson, 19. Bishop JL (2019). Chapter 4: Visible and near-infrared G.A., Danchi, W.C. et al., including Jin, M. (2019), “Impact reflectance spectroscopy of geologic materials. In: Remote of Space Weather on Climate and Habitability of Terrestrial Compositional Analysis: Techniques for Understanding Type Exoplanets” Int. J. of Astrobiology, accepted, Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of Planetary arXiv:1905.05093. Surfaces (J.L. Bishop, J.F. Bell III & J.E. Moersch, eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 68-101. 7. Archinal, B.A., Acton, C.H., Conrad, A., Duxbury, T., Hestroffer, D., Hilton, J.L., Jorda, L., Kirk, R.L., Klioner, 20. Beddingfield CB, Beyer RA, Singer KN, McKinnon WB, S.A., Margot, J-L., Meech, K., Oberst, J., Paganelli, F., Ping, Runyon K, et al. (2019) Landslides on Charon, Icarus, 335 J., Seidelmann, P. K., Stark, A., Tholen, D. J., Wang, Y., Williams, I. P. (2019) Errata to: Report of the IAU Working 21. Belikov, R., Barclay, T., Batalha, N. M., Bendek, E., Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: Chakrabarti, S., et al., including Marchis, F., Turnbull, M. 2015. Accepted: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical (2019) Imaging Earth-like Exoplanets with a Small Space Astronomy. Telescope, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 8. Arentoft T, Grundahl F, WhiteTR, Slumstrup D, Handberg R, 51, 186 et al. including Huber D (2019). Asteroseismology of the Hyades red giant and planet host ɛ Tauri⋆. Astron. Astrophys. 22. Belikov, Ruslan; Barclay, Tom; Batalha, Natalie M.; Bendek, 622, id.A190, 12pp. Eduardo; Bolcar, Matt; et al.; including Marchis, F.; (2019/05). Direct Imaging of Exoplanets in Nearby Multi-Star 9. Bacalla XL, Linnartz H, Cox NLJ, Cami J, Roueff E, et al. Systems, Astro2020: Decadal Survey, Astronomy and (2019). The EDIBLES survey. IV. Cosmic ray ionization rates Astrophysics, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, in diffuse clouds from near-ultraviolet observations of Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 517. interstellar OH+. Astron. Astropys. 622, id.A31, 12pp. 23. Bertrand T, F Forget, OM Umurhan, JM Moore, LA Young 10. Baldi, R.D., Rodriguez-Zaurin, J., Chiaberge, M., Capetti, A., et al. (2019). The CH4 cycles on Pluto over seasonal and Sparks, W.B., McHardy, I.M., 2019, ApJ, 870, 53. Hubble astronomical timescales. Icarus 329, 148-165. Space Telescope Emission-line Images of Nearby 3CR Radio Galaxies: Two Photoionization, Accretion, and Feedback 24. Bouma, L. G., Winn, J. N., Baxter, et al., including Twicken, Modes, astro-ph/1811.04946. J. D., Wohler, B. (2019) WASP-4b Arrived Early for the TESS Mission, The Astronomical Journal, 157, 217 11. Balmaverde, B., Capetti, A., Baldi, R.D., Baum, S., Chiaberge, M., Gilli, R., Grandi, P., Marconi, A., Meyer, E., Miley, G., 25. Bouwman J, Castellanos P, Bulak M, Terwisscha van O’Dea, C., Sparks, W., Torresi, E., Tremblay, G., Venturi, G., Scheltinga J, Cami J, et al., (2019). Effect of molecular 2019, A&A, in press. The MURALES survey. II. Presentation structure on the infrared signatures of astronomically relevant of the observations and first results; astro-ph/1903.10768. PAHs. Astron. Astrophys. 621, id.A80, 8pp. 12. Banzatti A, Pascucci I, Edwards S, Fang M, Gorti U, and 26. Brozovic M, Showalter M, Jacobson R, French R, Lissauer J, Flock M (2019). Kinematic Links and the Coevolution of and de Pater I (2019). Orbits and resonances of the regular MHD Winds, Jets, and Inner Disks from a High-resolution moons of Neptune. Icarus, in press. ICARUS_2019_178_R2. Optical [O I] Survey. Astrophys. J. 870, 76. 27. Bruzzone, J. S.; Metchev, S.; Duchene, G.; Millar-Blanchaer, 13. Barucci MA, PH Hasselmann, M Fulchignoni, R Honda, Y M. A.; Dong, R.; et al. including Marchis, F.; (11/2019). Yokota et l., including D. 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