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Newsletter 13-16 Published on Division for Planetary Sciences ( Newsletter 13-16 Published on Division for Planetary Sciences (https://dps.aas.org) Newsletter 13-16 Issue 13-16, June 21, 2013 +-----------------------------CONTENTS--------------------------------+ 1) NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR PLANETARY SCIENTISTS 2) 45TH DPS MEETING : CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS 3) JULY 19, 2013: A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE PALE BLUE DOT, THE DAY THE EARTH SMILED 4) PLANETARY SCIENCES : NEWS FORUM AND SPECIAL ISSUES 5) NEW HORIZONS ENCOUNTER HAZARD UPDATE 6) HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT STUDY CALL FOR PAPERS 7) REMINDER OF DPS ELECTIONS 8) JOB/POSITION OPPORTUNITIES 9) UPCOMING MEETINGS +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1 NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR PLANETARY SCIENTISTS The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) is pleased to announce the formation of the Susan Niebur Professional Development Fund. The fund will provide financial assistance to qualifying DPS members to facilitate their attendance at the annual DPS meeting by offsetting dependent-care costs, either at the meeting location or at home during the week of the conference. In this, its inaugural year, the Susan Niebur Professional Development Fund will support Dependent Care Grants for the 45th annual meeting of the DPS in Denver, Colorado, 6-11 October 2013. Dr. Susan (Mahan) Niebur (1973-2012) was a principal investigator, manager, and former Discovery Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters and the CEO of her own consulting firm specializing in space-science policy, the history and development of missions, and the success of women in planetary science. More importantly, Susan was a tireless supporter and strong advocate for creating professional development programming for early-career planetary scientists. It is the Division for Planetary Sciences' hope that this new fund will provide an additional legacy for Susan's contributions to the planetary-science community. The initial budget for the Susan Niebur Professional Development Fund has been graciously provided by the DPS Committee; outside donations are also welcome. More information about the new fund, including how to donate: http://dps.aas.org/development/susan-niebur-professional-development-fund [1] Contacts: Dr. Vishnu Reddy DPS Press Officer +1 808-342-8932 [email protected] [2] Dr. Rosaly Lopes DPS Chair +1 818-393-4584 [email protected] [3] More information about Dr. Susan Niebur: The DPS is a Division of the Page 1 of 12 American Astronomical Society. Send questions, comments, updates to [email protected] Send graduate school and REU program updates to [email protected] Newsletter 13-16 Published on Division for Planetary Sciences (https://dps.aas.org) http://dps.aas.org/news/susan-niebur-1973-2012 [4] 45th Annual Meeting of the DPS, 6-11 October 2013: http://aas.org/meetings/45th-meeting-division-planetary-sciences [5] The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) is the largest organization of professional planetary scientists in the world. The DPS was formed in 1968 as a sub-organization within the AAS and is devoted to solar system and extrasolar planet research. Today it is the largest special-interest division of the AAS. 2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2 45TH MEETING OF THE DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES (DPS 2013) : CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS Denver, CO 6-11 October 2013 Details on the Denver DPS meeting are taking shape, and abstract submittal is currently open, with a deadline of July 18 9:00pm EDT for regular abstracts. See http://aas.org/meetings/45th-meeting-division-planetary-sciences [5] for information. See in particular http://aas.org/dps-45th-meeting/45th-dps-meeting-abstract-and-presentati... [6] and go to: http://abstracts.aas.org/abstract_pass/dps [7] DPS specifies the following regulations for submission and presentation of abstracts at a Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting: - Any person may submit an abstract. - Presenters must be listed as the first author on the paper. - Presenting/first author must register for the meeting. - Nonmembers can only present once every 10 years. - Nonmembers are required to have a sponsor who is an active AAS Full Member or DPS Affiliate; the sponsor will be notified. If you are planning a workshop in association with the 2013 DPS meeting in Denver, please note that June 20 was the deadline to submit your proposal if you wished it to be included as an option on the DPS Meeting Registration form. Note that workshops that have registration fees must be listed on the DPS Meeting Registration form. The proposal deadlines for other workshops are Sept. 2 (for public workshops) and Sept. 30 (for private workshops). At the website above, choose the "Submit a Workshop Proposal" button. Be certain to read the read the "Instructions, terms, and conditions" linked at top prior to submitting your workshop proposal. We hope to see you in Denver in October! The SOC and LOC. 3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3 JULY 19, 2013: A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE PALE BLUE DOT, THE DAY THE EARTH SMILED Dear Colleagues, Something great, something big, something very special that's never happened before is about to happen! The DPS is a Division of the Page 2 of 12 American Astronomical Society. Send questions, comments, updates to [email protected] Send graduate school and REU program updates to [email protected] Newsletter 13-16 Published on Division for Planetary Sciences (https://dps.aas.org) On July 19, 2013, the Cassini spacecraft will be turned to image Saturn and its entire ring system during a total eclipse of the sun, as it has done twice before during its previous 9 years in orbit. But this time will be very different. This time, the images to be collected will capture, in natural color, a glimpse of our own planet next to Saturn and its rings on a day that will be the first time the Earth's inhabitants know in advance their picture will be taken from a billion miles away. It will be a day for people all over the globe to celebrate together the extraordinary achievements in our space programs that have made such an interplanetary photo session possible. And it will be a day to celebrate life on the Pale Blue Dot. We, the DPS membership, have much to gain by spreading word of this event as widely as possible. To this day, I meet people who don't know we have a spacecraft in orbit around Saturn. We can change that. Already, the BBC and PBS/Newshour have published an article I wrote calling attention to this event, for which I am very grateful: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/06/celebrating-saturn.html [8] Word about it, which we're calling `The Day The Earth Smiled', is making the rounds on Twitter, with the hashtag #DayEarthSmiled. Here are some things that are already underway .... JPL is planning a 'Wave At Saturn' program. Information about that can be found here: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/waveatsaturn/ [9] . With a group of advisors and the help of organizations interested in astronomy (such as Astronomers Without Borders), I will be running two contests associated with this event, hopefully to be announced early next week. Astronomers Without Borders has graciously volunteered to coordinate The Day The Earth Smiled events around the globe. Soon, their website -- http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/ [10] -- will have information on this. At the moment, for future information on the non-JPL activities (as well as graphics showing where Earth will be relative to Saturn and what portion of the Earth will be illuminated during the picture-taking event) you can go to: http://ciclops.org/view_event/193/ [11] It would be grand if others within the DPS community could make this a teachable moment for kids in their area, and maybe even some adults, and turn it into a day of interplanetary self-awareness and celebration. And by all means, do remember to go out and smile at the appropriate time! Best to all of you, Carolyn Porco Cassini Imaging Team Leader Director, CICLOPS, Space Science Institute Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado The DPS is a Division of the Page 3 of 12 American Astronomical Society. Send questions, comments, updates to [email protected] Send graduate school and REU program updates to [email protected] Newsletter 13-16 Published on Division for Planetary Sciences (https://dps.aas.org) Boulder, CO 4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4 PLANETARY SCIENCES : NEWS FORUM AND SPECIAL ISSUES A) PLANETARY NEWS — INFORMATIONAL NEWS FOR THE PLANETARY SCIENCE COMMUNITY. The Lunar and Planetary Institute is pleased to announce Planetary News — informational news for the planetary science community. www.lpi.usra.edu/planetary_news [12] Subscribe and opt-in to receive a weekly e-mail digest with the latest informational news from NASA, international space agencies, and other news sources. Planetary News is an interactive forum and encourages discussion on articles. Sign in with your Disqus, Facebook, Twitter, or Google account and make a comment. Be sociable and share news stories with your colleagues on your favorite social media sites. Register for Planetary News as a contributor. You may submit your own stories and announcements. B) ICARUS SPECIAL ISSUE ANNOUNCEMENT: DYNAMIC MARS We are well into the 2nd decade of continuous Mars observations that began with MGS and have continued with ODY, MEX, MRO, and our landed spacecraft. Bridged to earlier times by spacecraft observations from the 1960s onwards, and a continuous telescopic campaign, our view of Mars is now one of a planet on which surface and atmospheric changes occur at frequencies of days, years, and decades, a testament to long-term monitoring that continues to this day. At this time, it is appropriate that this record, with implications for Martian geology, climate, atmospheric dynamics, and other processes, be integrated into a journal special section, submitted to Icarus by November 15, 2013.
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