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ОДИННАДЦАТЫЙ МОСКОВСКИЙ СИМПОЗИУМ ПО ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯМ СОЛНЕЧНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ 11M-S3 октябрь 5-9, 2020 ИНСТИТУТ КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ РОССИЙСКОЙ АКАДЕМИИ НАУК МОСКВА, РОССИЯ THE ELEVENTH MOSCOW SOLAR SYSTEM SYMPOSIUM 11M-S3 october 5-9, 2020 SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MOSCOW, RUSSIA спонсоры: • Российский Фонд Фундаментальных Исследований (РФФИ) • Институт Космических Исследований РАН sponsored by: • Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) • Space Research Institute RAS ISBN- 978-5-00015-050-4 DOI: 0.21046/11MS3-2020 © Федеральное Государственное Бюджетное Учреждение Науки ИНСТИТУТ КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ РОССИЙСКОЙ АКАДЕМИИ НАУК (ИКИ РАН) 2020 2-intro 2 TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION PROGRAM COMMITTEE PROGRAM overview PROGRAM scientific PROGRAM ABSTRACTS INFORMATION ADDRESS METRO MAP REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK ORAL SESSIONS, location POSTER SESSIONS, location SOCIAL PROGRAM INTERNET ACCESS AND WiFi LUNCH POINTS 2-intro 3 THE ELEVENTH MOSCOW SOLAR SYSTEM SYMPOSIUM 11M-S3 SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE MOSCOW, RUSSIA October 5-9, 2020 Starting from 2010, the Space Research Institute holds annual international symposia on Solar system exploration. Main topics of these symposia include wide range of problems related to formation and evolution of Solar system, planetary systems of other stars; exploration of Solar system planets, their moons, small bodies; interplanetary environment, astrobiology problems. Experimental planetary studies, science instruments and preparation for space missions are also considered at these symposia. The Eleventh Moscow international Solar System Symposium (11M-S3) will be held from October 5 till 9, 2020. Subject matter of this symposium will cover many problems of the Solar system science with the central topic “Moon, Mars and Venus research”. This topic relates to scientific problems of several missions: «Mars Express», «Venus Express», the missions under development in Russia: “Luna-Glob”, “Luna-Resource”, “ExoMars ”. THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS WILL BE HELD DURING THE SYMPOSIUM: • Session: MARS • Session: VENUS • Session: MOON AND MERCURY • Session: GIANT PLANETS • Session: SMALL BODIES (INCLUDING COSMIC DUST) • Session: EXTRASOLAR PLANETS • Session: ASTROBIOLOGY • Session: SOLAR WIND INTERACTIONS WITH PLANETS AND SMALL BODIES In light of COVID-19 travel restrictions the Symposium will be held both «face-to- face» and «virtual» formats. For all «face-to- face» participants in Space Research Institute (IKI) the masks as well as social distancing will still be obligatory! Space Research Institute holds this symposium with participation of the following organizations: • Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russia • Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia • Brown University, USA Symposium website: https://ms2020.cosmos.ru Contact email address: [email protected] Мероприятие проводится при финансовой поддержке Российской академии наук, Российского фонда фундаментальных исследований, проект №20-02-22024 2-intro 4 PROGRAM COMMITTEE chair: acad. ZELENYI L.M. IKI RAS members: BAZILEVSKIY A.T. GEOHI RAS BIBRING J.-P. IAS,CNRS, France BOLTON S.J. Southwest Research Institute, USA BOROVIN G.K. Keldysh AMI RAS DUXBURY T. George Mason University, USA HEAD III J. Brown University, USA KORABLEV O.I. IKI RAS KOSTITSYN Y.A. GEOHI RAS MAROV M.Ya. GEOHI RAS MITROFANOV I.G. IKI RAS RODIN A.V. IKI RAS SHEVCHENKO V.V. GAISH MSU SMIRNOV V.M. IRE RAS SVEDHEM H. ESTEC, ESA TAVROV A.V. IKI RAS TITOV D. ESTEC, ESA VAISBERG O.L. IKI RAS VOROBYOVA E.A. MSU WU Ji National Space Science Center, China ZHARKOV V.N. IFZ RAS ZAKHAROV A.V. IKI RAS ZASOVA L.V. IKI RAS secretary: ROSTE O.Z. IKI RAS, [email protected] 2-intro 5 overview 11M-S3 program THE ELEVENTH MOSCOW SOLAR SYSTEM SYMPOSIUM (11M-S3) IKI RAS, 5-9 October 2020 5 October 6 October 7 October 8 October 9 October 9.00 10.00 INTRODUCTION 2. 6. session ASTROBIOLOGY (AB) ASTROBIOLOGY 11.40 сoffee coffee coffee coffee session coffee 12.00 POSTER (EP) PLANETS EXTRASOLAR SESSION 13.00 POSTER SESSION 4. 5. lunch lunch lunch lunch lunch 1. 14.00 session session MARS(MS) session SMALL BODIES (SB) BODIES SMALL MOON AND MERCURY (MN) MERCURY AND MOON 3. 7. 16.00 coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee session session 16.20 (VN) VENUS (GP) PLANETS GIANT 18.00 POSTER POSTER SESSION POSTER SESSION SESSION POSTER POSTER SESSION SESSION 19.00 CONCERT RECEPTION WELCOME SOCIAL EVENTS SOCIAL EVENTS SOCIAL PARTY IN MOSCOW IN MOSCOW EVENTS IN MOSCOW 20.00 1-progr 1 11M-S3 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Monday, 5 October 2020 Lev ZELENYI Opening Remarks 10.00-10.15 session 1. MARS 10.15-18.30 convener: Oleg KORABLEV conference hall, second floor 11MS3-MS-01 Nikolay ABRAMOV Ground testing of 10.15-10.30 et al the landing platform television system of the ExoMars-2020 spacecraft 11MS3-MS-02 Sergei Water content in the 10.30-10.45 NIKIFOROV et al Martian subsurface along the NASA MSL traverse by neutron measurements 11MS3-MS-03 Alexey Local water-rich areas 10:45-11:00 MALAKHOV et al in equatorial region of Mars as seen by FREND neutron spectrometer 11MS3-MS-04 Pascal Measurements of Mars’ 11.00-11:15 ROSENBLATT et al CO2 seasonal mass deposits at polar caps: a comparison between gravity and Neutron flux data 11MS3-MS-05 Jordanka Radiation environment 11.15-11.30 SEMKOVA et al in the interplanetary space and Mars’ orbit according FREND’s Liulin- MO dosimeter aboard ExoMars TGO data 11MS3-MS-06 Maria-Paz Comparison of space 11.30-11.45 ZORZANO et al weather on Mars and Earth, towards a global monitoring: a feasibility study for ExoMars, using InSight and MSL coffee-break 11.45-12.15 11MS3-MS-07 Dmitrij TITOV et al Mars Express science 12.15-12:30 highlights and future plans 11MS3-MS-08 Salvador JIMENEZ Solar wind at Mars 12.30-12.45 et al and magnetic field interactions 11MS3-MS-09 Luis VÁZQUEZ From Space and 12.45-13.00 Radiation to New Materials 11MS3-MS-10 Marina DÍAZ Drone magnetometry: 13:00-13:15 MICHELENA et al a new approach to study present and past conditions in the planetary bodies 11MS3-MS-11 Anatoliy PAVLOV Combination of methane 13:15-13:30 et al spontaneous emission and ion-molecular reactions as a possible way to explain the variations of methane concentration in Martian atmosphere 1-prog 2 lunch 13.30-14.30 11MS3-MS-12 Valery Atmospheric escape of 14.30-14.45 SHEMATOVICH atomic oxygen during and E.S. the auroral events at KALINICHEVA Mars 11MS3-MS-13 Boris IVANOV Martian dust activation 14.45-15.00 due to air shock waves from small impacts 11MS3-MS-14 Pavel VLASOV Diurnal and seasonal 15.00-15.15 et al evolution of Martian atmospheric thermal structure from ACS- TIRVIM experiment onboard TGO ExoMars 11MS3-MS-15 Denis BELYAEV Upper mesospheric 15.15-15.30 et al water on Mars as measured by ACS TGO solar occultations 11MS3-MS-16 Alexander First detection of HCl in 15.30-15.45 TROKHIMOVSKIY the atmosphere of Mars et al by ACS TGO 11MS3-MS-17 Vladimir Photochemistry of HCl in 15.45-16.00 Krasnopolsky the Martian Atmosphere coffee-break 16.00-16.30 11MS3-MS-18 Mikhail IVANOV Topographic 16.30-16.45 and H. HIESINGER characteristics and chronology of the Uzboi- Ladon fluvial system on Mars 11MS3-MS-19 Jessica FLAHAUT Identification and 16.45-17.00 et al characterization of new feldspar-bearing rocks in the walls of Valles Marineris, Mars 11MS3-MS-20 James W. HEAD Sulfates on Mars: a 17.00-17.15 and Lionel WILSON pyroclastic airfall model for origin, emplacement, and initial alteration of Valles Marineris interior layered deposits 11MS3-MS-21 James W. HEAD Geologic and 17:15-17:45 et al climatologic history of early Mars: Recent developments, unknowns and directions for the next decade 11MS3-MS-22 James L. DICKSON The formation of young 17.45-18.00 et al Gullies on Mars by the melting and boiling of water at high obliquity 11MS3-MS-23 Benjamin Mars Crater Modification 18:00-18:15 BOATWRIGHT in the Late Noachian: and James Evidence for Cold-Based W. HEAD Crater Wall Glaciation and Endorheic Basin Formation 11MS3-MS-24 Ashley PALUMBO Large impact basin- 18:15-18:30 and James related climatic and W. HEAD surface effects on Mars: Argyre basin as a case study 1-progr 3 POSTER SESSION , session MARS ONLINE DISCUSSION 18.30-19.00 11MS3- MS-PS-01 Elizaveta Analysis of H2O FEDOROVA et al transmission spectra in the Martian atmosphere as measured by the ACS- TIRVIM solar occultations 11MS3- MS-PS-02 Ekaterina Gravity wave activity in STARICHENKO the Martian atmosphere et al at altitudes 10 - 160 km from ACS/TGO solar occultations 11MS3- MS-PS-03 Anton SALNIKOV Analysis of the magnetic et al field data of Mars 11MS3- MS-PS-04 Tamara GUDKOVA Effect of third- and et al higher-order tide on the estimate of dissipative factor for Mars 11MS3- MS-PS-05 Elena Fresh Martian impact PODOBNAYA et al clusters 11MS3- MS-PS-06 Vincent PAYET Automated denoising for et al mineral indentification on hyperspectral data 11MS3- MS-PS-07 Marie BARTHEZ VNIR Spectroscopic et al analysis of analogue feldspathic rocks as a reference for the interpretation of Mars data 11MS3- MS-PS-08 Gen ITO et al Mineral mapping in Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex for Mars analog study 11MS3- MS-PS-09 Jose Luis Advances in cloud VAZQUEZ- computing for Mars data POLETTI et al processing 11MS3- MS-PS-10 Maria Pilar Mathematical advances VELASCO et al in fractional models for the Martian atmospheric dust dynamics 11MS3- MS-PS-11 Imant Martian multichannel VINOGRADOV diode laser spectrometer et al experiment for the ExoMars-2022 lander mission: M-DLS instrument fabrication and laboratory calibration results 11MS3- MS-PS-12 Kirill Diamond Detectors of ZAKHARCHENKO Space Radiation: the et al Ways to counter the Polarization Effect 1-prog 4 Tuesday, 6 October 2020 session 2.
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    ASTRONOMERS FROM ANTIQUITY PPAGEage 164 MARCH/APRIL 2019 $5 Probing for Planets Space agencies prepare next generation of exoplanet hunters THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Mc DONALD OBSERVATORY STARDATE STAFF MARCH/APRIL • Vol. 47, No. 2 EXECUTIVE EDITOR Damond Benningfield EDITOR Rebecca Johnson ART DIRECTOR C.J. Duncan EATURES EPARtmENts TECHNICAL EDITOR F D Dr. Tom Barnes CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Alan MacRobert 4 Poets, Philosophers, Queens, Astronomers MERLIN 3 MARKETING MANAGER Casey Walker Early women astronomers drafted MARKETING ASSISTANT calendars, plotted eclipses, built SKY CALENDAR MARCH/APRIL 10 Joanne Duffy observatories, and helped shape humanity’s early understanding of the THE STARS IN MARCH/APRIL 12 universe For information about StarDate or other programs of the McDonald Observatory By Jasmin Fox-Skelly Education and Outreach Office, contact ASTROMISCELLANY 14 us at 512-471-5285. For subscription orders only, call 800-STARDATE. 16 Kepler Passes the Torch ASTRONEWS 20 StarDate (ISSN 0889-3098) is published As a successful planet-hunting bimonthly by the McDonald Observatory Resetting the Clock on Saturn’s Rings Education and Outreach Office, The Uni- spacecraft came to the end of its mission, versity of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway, Chasing Away Planet Nine Stop C1402, Austin, TX 78712. © 2019 a successor took flight. Several others are The University of Texas at Austin. Annual expected to follow in the next decade Chillin’ Under the Sun subscription rate is $26 in the United States. Subscriptions may be paid for using By Rebecca Johnson Birth of a Black Hole, or Death by Black Hole? credit card or money orders. The University of Texas cannot accept checks drawn on Gaia Spies Galaxy-Hopping Stars foreign banks.