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The 7th
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference
May 25-26, 2004
Tanque Verde Ranch, Tucson, AZ

Schedule

Tuesday Morning
9:00Welcome/RegistrationC. Marsh, M. Pasek, M. Bland
9:15Craters and Impacts
Chair: B. Preblich
How "Big" Was The Chesapeake Bay Impact? G. S. Collins
Impact-Induced Hydrothermal System at the Sudbury Crater: Duration, Temperatures, Mechanics, and Biological Implication O. Abramov*, D. Kring
Earth Impact Effects ProgramR. A. Marcus*, G. S. Collins, H. J. Melosh
Hypervelocity impact into sedimentary targets: Processes and products G. R. Osinski
Crater Populations in the Inner Solar System and the Origin of Impacting Objects R. G. Strom
10:45Break
11:00Education and Outreach
Chair: C. Marsh
Educational Testing of an Auditory Display of Mars GRS dataJ. Keller*, W.M. Boynton, H.L. Enos,J.A. Forde, S.M. Pompea, E.E. Prather, M. Quinn, T.F. Slater
The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory's Public Outreach Program (POP): Bringing Science Down to Earth L. McKibben*, V. Smith, M. Freark, M. Rummel
11:30Lunch

Tuesday Afternoon
1:00Mars
Chair: G. Bart
Exploring a possible shergottite source crater and calibrating the martian cratering chronologyT. D. Swindle*, J. B. Plescia, A. S. McEwen
Ancient giant impact basin/aquifer system in the Arabia region, Mars J. M. Dohm*, et al.
Preliminary Work on Ultraviolet Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere of Mars: Implications for Planetary Protection J. Moores*, N. Spanovich, P. Smith, R. Tanner
Are the Cerberus Plains a likely place for future human exploration on Mars? A.S. McEwen
2:00Break
2:15Poster Session
3:00Saturn and Cassini
Chair: J. Radebaugh
The State of Saturn's Atmosphere at Cassini's Arrival E. Karkoschka*, M. Tomasko
Cassini ISS observations of the surface of Titan during approach to Saturn, April-May 2004, and plans for the nominal mission E.P. Turtle*, A.S. McEwen, D.D. Dawson, S. Campbell, J. Perry, R.A. West, C.C. Porco, Cassini ISS Team
Measuring the abundance of methane in the atmosphere of Titan P. F. Penteado*, C. Griffith
Titan's orbit provides evidence for a subsurface ammonia-water ocean G. Tobie*, J. Lunine, O. Grasset, C. Sotin

Wednesday Morning
9:00Welcome/RegistrationC. Marsh, M. Bland, M. Pasek
9:15Dynamics of this and that
Chair: J. Keller
Deep jets on JupiterY. Lian
Circulation of HD209458b's AtmosphereC. S. Cooper*, A. P. Showman
The Diffusion of Passive Additives in a Turbulent Medium J. Giacalone
Cosmic Rays and Magnetic Fields in the Inner Heliosphere, Outer Heliospehere, and Heliosheath J. Kota
Flight Dynamics of an Instrumented Frisbee: A Planetary Probe Prototype R. D. Lorenz
10:45Break
11:00Origins and Formation
Chair: C. Cooper
A New Meteoritic Relationship and its Consequences for Solar System Formation A. G. W. Cameron
An abiotic synthesis of orthophosphate monoesters and condensed phosphate: the importance of meteorites to the origin of life M. A. Pasek*, D. S. Lauretta
11:30Lunch
Wednesday Afternoon
1:00Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
Chair: J. Barnes
Thermal metamorphism: Results from a new technique for determining homogeneity of major minerals in ordinary chondrites C. A. Marsh*, D. S. Lauretta, K. J. Domanik
Hydrated Silicates in Comets H. Campins*, D. S. Lauretta
Cometary D/H fractionation during Sublimation J. R. Weirich*, R. H. Brown, D. S. Lauretta
Lightcurves of the Karin family asteroids T. Ito*, F. Yoshida, B. Dermawan, R. Malhotra
Impact generated seismic reverberation and the downslope motion of asteroid regolith J.E. Richardson*, H.J. Melosh, R. Greenberg
2:15 Break
2:30Geology and Geophysics
Chair: T. Hurford
Rheology and topography control the path of a gravity current: insight from numerical simulations over a preexisting topographyH. Miyamoto*, K. Papp, G. Mitri, F. Chuang, D. Crown, J. M. Dohm, V. R. Baker, R. G. Strom
Numerical modeling of the formation of Ganymede's grooved terrain via an extensional necking instabilityM. T. Bland*, A. P. Showman
Thermal evolution and present state of the ice shell of EuropaG. Mitri*, A. P. Showman
Relationships between Paterae, Mountains, and Hotspots on Io from a Global DatabaseJ. Radebaugh*, W. L. Jaeger, L. P. Keszthelyi, E. P. Turtle, M. P. Milazzo, J. Perry, A. S. McEwen, et al.
3:30Extrasolar Planets: Recent Developments and Future ExpectationsJ. Barnes, Invited Speaker
4:00Conference Reception - Thanks for coming!


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