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The 5th
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference
May 22-23, 2002
Hacienda del Sol, Tucson, AZ

Schedule & Abstracts

Wednesday Morning
8:30Welcome/RegistrationG. Bart, J. Radebaugh, A. Wasserman
8:45LPL Mission Involvement
Mars OdysseyW. Boynton
Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterA. McEwen
Deep ImpactJ. Melosh
9:30Missions
Chair: O. Abramov
Arizona field-tests of the Beagle-2 UV and temperature sensorsR. D. Lorenz*, M. R. Patel, M. C. Towner, J. C. Zarnecki
Improving Images for Huygens' Descent Imager and Spectral Radiometer E. Karkoschka*, M. Tomasko, L. Doose, B. Rizk
10:00Break
10:30Chondrules, CAIs, and Dust
Chair: J. Barnes
NWA505: A New LL3.0 Chondrite with Evidence for Chondrule Formation in a Dust-Rich EnvironmentD. S. Lauretta*, M. Killgore, P. H. Benoit, S. Moore, D. W. G. Sears
The Formation of Phyllosilicates in Chondrule Forming Shocks F. J. Ciesla*, D. S. Lauretta, B. A. Cohen, L. L. Hood
Study of the Dynamics of Dust from the Kuiper-Belt, its Delivery Rate to Earth's Vicinity and its Potential for Planet Detection A Moro-Martin*, R. Malhotra
Can the Leonid meteors tell us if comets have chondrules and CAIs? H. Campins*, T. D. Swindle
Formation of CAI's and Chondrules A. Cameron*
11:45Lunch

Wednesday Afternoon
1:15Space Physics and Dynamics
Chair: C. Cooper
Cosmic Ray Transport in Turbulent and Periodic Velocity Structures G. M. Webb*, G. P. Zank, J. R. Jokipii, C. M. Ko
Low-Density Regions in the Plasmasphere B. R. Sandel*, D. L. Gallagher
The Yarkovsky effect on bodies with real shapes: 6489 Golevka J. N. Spitale*, R. Greenberg
How Collisional and Dynamical Evolution Shape the Main Belt and NEA Size Distributions D. P. O'Brien*, R. Greenberg
2:15Poster Session
3:15Impacts
Chair: J. Richardson
Climate Sensitivity to Stratospheric Injections of Impact-Generated S-Bearing GasesE. Pierazzo*, A. N. Hahmann
A Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction Boundary SequenceD.A. Kring*, D. H. Goodwin
Hydrocode Simulations of Chicxulub Crater Collapse and Peak-Ring FormationG. S. Collins*, H. J. Melosh, J. V. Morgan, M. R. Warner
Modeling the Ries-Steinheim Impact Event and the Formation of the Moldavite Strewn FieldE. Pierazzo*, A. N. Artemieva, D. Stoeffler

Thursday Morning
8:30Welcome/RegistrationA. Wasserman, G. Bart, J. Radebaugh
8:45Comets
Chair: J. Keller
Comet GeysersR. Yelle, L. Soderblom, R. Jokipii*, R. Brown
Long Cometary Plasma TailsJ. Giacalone*
9:15Magmas and Lavas
Chair: A. Alpert
The cooling and hardening of active pahoehoe lava flowsL. Keszthleyi*, A. Harris, K. Sharm, S. Self, C. Thorber, Th Thordarson
Lava Lakes in Io's PateraeJ. Radebaugh*, A. S. McEwen, M. Milazzo, A. G. Davies, L. P. Keszthelyi, P. Geissler
On the liquid-water resurfacing of GanymedeA. P. Showman*, I. Mosqueira
Metal-silicate equilibration mechanisms in a deep terrestrial magma oceanD. C. Rubie, H. J. Melosh, K. Righter*
10:15Break
10:45Extrasolar Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs
Chair: M. Tiscareno
Oblatenesses and Rotation Rates of Extrasolar Giant PlanetsJ. W. Barnes*, J. J. Fortney
Grain Growth in Brown Dwarf Atmospheres C. S. Cooper*, D. Sudarsky, J. A. Milsom, J. I. Lunine, A. Burrows
Galactic Open Cluster Arizona Transit Survey J. W. Barnes*, J. J. Fortney
11:30Planetary Potpourri
Chair: G. Bart
A small metallic core in the Moon? A reassessment considering siderophile elements and giant impactsK. Righter*
Titan's Radioactive Haze Production and Fate of Radiocarbon on TitanR. D. Lorenz*, A. J. T. Jull, J. I. Lunine, T. Swindle
Nirgal Valles: New Evidence for an Ancient Sapping Network on MarsJ. Richardson*
12:15Lunch
Thursday Afternoon
1:45Galilean Satellites
Chair: D. Obrien
Surface manifestation of solid-state convection in Europa's ice shellA. P. Showman*, L. Han
Recent Galileo Observations of Ionian MountainsE. P. Turtle*, W. L. Jaeger, A. S. McEwen, L. P. Keszthelyi, M. P. Milazzo, D. Simonelli, Galileo SSI Team
Polar wander and surface convergence on EuropaA. Sarid, R. Greenberg*, G. Hoppa, B. R. Tufts, P. Geissler
Can Re-Distribution of Material by Sputtering Explain the Hemispheric Dichotomy of Europa?M. S. Tiscareno* and P. E. Geissler
Modeling Amorphization of Crystalline Water Ice on the Surfaces of Ganymede, Callisto, and EuropaR. M. E. Mastrapa*, R. H. Brown
Does Europa's subsurface water ocean have a stratosphere?H. J. Melosh*, A. G. Ekholm, A. P. Showman, R. D. Lorenz
3:15Poster Session
3:45Invited Speaker's TalkInvited Speaker
4:30Conference Reception - Thanks for coming!

Poster Presentations
The new lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 482I. J. Daubar*, D. A. Kring, T. S. Swindle, A. J. T. Jull
Spectrometric and Photometric Analysis of TitanJ. M. Dooley*, R. D. Lorenz
Impact Melt and its Interaction with Hydrocarbons on TitanN. Artemieva, J. Lunine*
Fulgurites: A Look at Transient High Temperature Processes in SilicatesA. A. Wasserman*, H. J. Melosh, D. S. Lauretta
The Planetary Image Research Laboratory (PIRL)J. H. P. Plassmann*
The Invisible Universe Online: A Distance Learning Course on Astronomical Origins for TeachersJ. Keller*, T. Slater, M. Bennett, E. DeVore, M. Thaller
Entropy and the Yarkovsky EffectR. D. Lorenz*, J. N. Spitale
Impacts do NOT initiate volcanic eruptions!B. A. Ivanov*, H. J. Melosh
New Views of IoL. Keszthelyi*, E. Turtle, A. McEwen, M. Milazzo, P. Geissler, W. Jaeger, J. Radebaugh
Investigation of the Distribution and Characteristics of Ionian Paterae Using a Relational DatabaseQ. Zhang*, J. Radebaugh, E. P. Turtle, L. P. Keszthelyi, M. Milazzo, W. Jaeger, A. S. McEwen


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