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Conferences

The 8th
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference
May 17-18, 2005
Tanque Verde Ranch, Tucson, AZ

Registration is closed.

Schedule & Abstracts

Tuesday Morning
9:00Welcome/RegistrationM. Bland, C. Marsh, M. Pasek
9:15Titan's Surface
Chair: O. Abramov
Initial Interpretations of Titan's Geology from Cassini's Imaging Science Subsystem E.P. Turtle*, A.S. McEwen, J. Perry, L. Dones, E. Hardegree-Ullman, S. Fussner, G. Collins, et al.
Discovery of a 5-um-Bright Spot on Titan JW Barnes*, RH Brown, EP Turtle, AS McEwen, J Perry, C Griffith, S Campbell, VIMS and ISS teams
Critical Features in the Imagers of the DISR on HuygensE. Karkoschka*, M. G. Tomasko, L. R. Doose, B. Rizk
Astrobiological implications of impact cratering on Titan C. Neish*
Effectiveness of fluvial incision processes on Titan: How were the channels carved? G.C. Collins*
10:30Break
10:45Titan's Atmosphere
Chair: C. Neish
Detection of Titan's mesosphere by infrared spectroscopyP.F. Penteado*, C.A. Griffith
INMS Measurements of Titan's Ionosphere R. V. Yelle*, V. Veronique, W.-L. Tseng, N. Borggren
Titan's Peculiar Mid-latitude Clouds C. A. Griffith*
11:30Lunch

Tuesday Afternoon
1:00Atmospheres Near and Far
Chair: M. Bland
Terrestrial Dust Devils : Thermal Imaging and an Air Accident Survey R Lorenz*, M Myers
Deep Jets and Eddies on Gas Giant PlanetsY. L. Lian*, A. P. Showman
Effects of moist convection on the atmosphere circulation of Jupiter and SaturnA. P. Showman*
Effects of a Large Convective Storm on Upper-Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere of SaturnK. M. Sayanagi*, A. P. Showman
Dynamic Meteorology at the Photosphere of HD 209458bC.S. Cooper*, A.P. Showman
2:30Break
3:00Geology and Geophysics of Satellites
Chair: M. Pasek
Regolith Depth near South Pole Aitkin BasinG.D. Bart*, H.J. Melosh
Extensional necking instabilities in Newtonian and non-NewtonianM.T. Bland*, A.P. Showman
Flexure of Europa's lithosphere due to ridge-loadingT.A. Hurford*, B.A. Beyer, B. Schmidt, B. Preblich, A.R. Sarid, R. Greenberg
Eccentricity-driven crack patterns on Europa: Constraints on RotationA.R. Sarid*, T.A. Hurford, R. Greenberg

Wednesday Morning
9:00Welcome/Registration M. Bland, C. Marsh, M. Pasek
9:15Mars
Chair: D. Archer
Impact-induced Hydrothermal Activity at Central-peak and Peak-ring Craters on Early MarsO. Abramov*, D.A. Kring
GRS Measurement of Chlorine on MarsJM Keller*, WV Boynton, VR Baker, JM Dohm, DM Janes, K Kerry, GRS Team
Determining the Thermal Inertia and Ice Depth in Martian Polar RegionsM. A. Chamberlain*, W. V. Boynton
Sublimation fractionation in dusty disaggregated samplesJ.E. Moores*, R.H. Brown, D.S. Lauretta, P.H. Smith
10:30Break
10:45Origins and Dynamics
Chair: C. S. Cooper
Origin of Water in the Terrestrial PlanetsM.J. Drake*
The Origin of Planetary Impactor in the Inner Solar SystemR.G. Strom*, R. Malholtra, T. Ito, F. Yoshida, D. Kring
Secular Theory, Libration, Circulation and Extra-Solar PlanetsR Barnes*, R Greenberg
11:30Lunch
Wednesday Afternoon
1:00Impacts!
Chair: J. Keller
Modeling the Formation of Meteor CraterE. Pierazzo*
Hydrocode modeling of the Sierra Madera impact structureT. J. Goldin*, K. Wünnemann, H. J. Melosh, G. S. Collins
1:30Education and Public Outreach
Chair: C. Marsh
ORION and STORI: Bringing Inquiry into the ClassroomL Lebofsky*
The C. P. Sonett Space Science Visitors CenterL. McKibben*
Mars GRS Education and Public Outreach ProductsJ.M. Keller*, W.V. Boynton, H.L. Enos, GRS Team
2:15Break
2:30Poster Session
3:30Asteroids and Meteorites
Chair: J. Moores
Eros’ Rahe Dorsum: Surface expression of a plane of strength?R. Greenberg*
A stochastic cratering model for asteroid surfacesJ.E. Richardson*, H.J. Melosh, R.J. Greenberg
A Chemical Model of Micrometeorite Impact into OlivineA. A. Sheffer*, H. J. Melosh
4:15Io at the end of the Voyager, Galileo, and Cassini eras: Current knowledge and wish lists Dr. Jani Radebaugh, Invited Speaker
5:00Conference Reception - Thanks for coming!

Poster Presentations
UV Observations of the Atmospheres Close-in Extrasolar Giant Planets and their Parent StarsG.E. Ballester*
Variable Subcorotation of the Earth Plasmasphere: Ongoing Studies with IMAGE/EUVG.E. Ballester*, B. Sandel, T. Forrester
Stochastic approach to particle acceleration at supernova blast waveP Bobik*, R Jokipii, J Gialalone, J Kota
Multi-Spacecraft Observations of Impulsive Solar FlaresE. E. Chollet*, J. Giacalone, J. E. Mazur
New Description of Io's Cold Plasma TorusFloyd Herbert*, N. M. Schneider, A. J. Dessler
Catalytic Formation of Methane in a Cometary ImpactBK Jackson*
Correlation between the Magnetic Fields Measured by ACE and WINDQY Luo*, J Giacalone, JR Jokipii
Regolith Production E Palmer*
The Planetary Image Research Laboratory (PIRL)JHP Plassmann*
Mapping Rays and Secondary Craters from Zunil, MarsB. Preblich*, A.S. McEwen, D. Studer
Neutral hydrocarbons chemistry in Titan’s atmosphereV.S. Vuitton*, R.V. Yelle


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