July 2020 |
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LunGradCon 2020,
Virtual 
The 10th Annual Lunar and Small Bodies Graduate Conference (LunGradCon 2020) is to be held virtually on Wednesday and Thursday, July 1-2, 2020, preceding the NASA Exploration Science Forum (ESF, July 8-10). With the expanded interests of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), the scope of LunGradCon includes both lunar and small body science. LunGradCon provides an opportunity for grad students and early-career postdocs to present their research on lunar and small body science in a low-stress, friendly environment, being critiqued only by their peers. In addition to virtual presentations, the conference will feature Q&A panels with various groups to help grad students navigate the paths to careers in space science. The deadline for LunGradCon registration and abstract submission is June 19, 2019, 11:59 PM PDT. For more details, please visit: http://impact.colorado.edu/lungradcon/ or email any questions to: lungradcon@gmail.com
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| 8-10
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NASA Exploration Science Forum,
Virtual
Due to the COVID-19 situation, this year’s NESF will be an all-virtual meeting.
This year's Forum will feature exploration science discussions for human exploration targets of interest (the Moon, near-Earth asteroids, and the moons of Mars). Science sessions will focus on recent mission results and in-depth analyses of science and exploration studies. Dedicated side-conferences for graduate students and young professionals will coincide with the ESF. Public engagement discussions will be interwoven among science topics as well.
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| 20-31
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Data Analysis for Planetary Science (DAPS-CBW 2020),
Antofagasta, Chile
We invite Earth and Space Science graduate students and early career researchers that are interested in working with data coming from planetary missions, to send an application to the COSPAR Data Analysis for Planetary Sciences Capacity Building Workshop 2020 (DAPS-CBW 2020): http://cospar.das.uchile.cl.
The goal of the workshop is to develop interesting scientific projects guided by experts of missions as New Horizons, Juno, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, Hayabusa 2, MAVEN and representatives of Nasa's Planetary Data System and ESA's Planetary Science Archive. The workshop will take place between July 20-31 2020 in the facilities of the Universidad Católica del Norte, located in Antofagasta, Chile, in the core of the Atacama Desert.
Registration fee and lodging expenses will be fully covered by the organization. Travel support is available for regional participants.
Only applications received through the online form by March 31st will be considered.
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| 23
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2020 Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers,
*Virtual*
The purpose is to report progress on NASA-funded geologic mapping projects. Other planetary geologists who are conducting geologic mapping are also welcome to attend.
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| 27-31
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Exoplanets III,
Heidelberg, Germany
The overall program of talks will likely consist of the following sessions: Detection: Transits; Detection: Radial Velocity; Detection: Imaging, Microlensing, Gaia; Formation; System Architectures & Dynamics; Host stars; Planetary Interiors; Atmospheres; Habitability and Biosignatures; Future Missions and Observatories. There will also be an extensive poster session, with ample time allocated for poster viewing.
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August 2020 |
| 5-7
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11th Planetary Crater Consortium Meeting,
*Virtual*
The 11th PCC meeting is open to planetary and terrestrial scientists interested in any aspect of impact cratering on solar system bodies. We welcome abstracts related to observational, theoretical, experimental, and/or numerical modeling studies of impact craters on planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, comets, or other small solar system objects. This year, we particularly encourage discussions on the use of topographic data for the analysis of craters on any planetary body.
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| 9-14
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83rd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society *Canceled*,
Glasgow, Scotland
As the Covid pandemic continues to advance around the world it is clear that the Glasgow meeting, originally scheduled for August, will need to be rescheduled to another year. Please bear with us as the society adjusts its schedule of annual meetings to respond to the pandemic. It takes years to organize an annual meeting and moving all scheduled meetings is difficult but essential for the safety of our members and their communities. We will announce the rescheduling of annual meetings once arrangements have been finalized and Council has approved the revised schedule.
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| 15-23
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43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly,
Sydney, Australia
The Assembly represents the next significant aiming point for Australia to showcase our space sector growth, with particular emphasis on research and innovation to support industry and world class space science, in the context of what by then will be a young but rapidly maturing Australian Space Agency. Australian space activities will be showcased to the world of space research. This will lead to strengthening existing and growing new ties between Australia and international partners, resulting in collaborations and partnerships that will assist both the innovation and industry parts of the sector. The theme of the 2020 Assembly is Connecting Space Research for Global Impact, and Australia stands to use the Assembly to help deliver such impact at a time when the Australian Space Agency is gathering momentum.
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| 19-26
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Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems and Habitable Planets,
Torun, Poland
The summer school will be held on August 19-26, 2020 in the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. Its aims are: to introduce early career scientists to interdisciplinary work in planetary sciences, to introduce science journalists and science teachers to scientific work and scientists, to teach future scientists how to explain scientific concepts to general public and each other, facilitating interdisciplinary research.
The idea behind the school is to gather people from different backgrounds, including astronomy, geology, biology, physics, journalism and teaching, and provide them with the opportunity to work in multidisciplinary groups on solving scientific problems.The program of the school will include joint lectures - from protoplanetary discs and exoplanets to geologic features of the surfaces of Earth and Mars - and afternoon hands-on sessions in small, interdisciplinary groups. Participants will present posters and flash talks about their work at the beginning of the school. Presentations by groups of students about the results obtained as part of the school are schedules at the final day of the school.
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September 2020 |
| 6-12
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Planetary Science: The Young Solar System,
Quy Nhon, Vietnam
Our goal is to host a highly interdisciplinary mid-sized meeting of broad scope with highly acclaimed key speakers of international standing. We aim to unite ourselves to discuss barriers to progress, propose solutions and identify and foster future collaboration that will advance our understanding of the young solar system. We intend to formulate a coherent and scientifically sound story on the birth and evolution of the young solar system.
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| 8-9
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Ocean Worlds 5 (#oceanworlds5),
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
In this, the fifth meeting in the Ocean Worlds series, we focus on studies that utilize knowledge of/or access to our Earth to better understand non-terrestrial ocean worlds and/or advance our ability to explore these worlds with spacecraft.
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| 14-16
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Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (#leag2020),
*Virtual*
The Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) was established in 2004 to support NASA in providing analysis of scientific, technical, commercial, and operational issues in support of lunar exploration objectives and of their implications for lunar architecture planning and activity prioritization.
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| 14-18
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NASA Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon),
Tokyo, Japan
AbGradCon (Astrobiology Graduate Conference) provides a unique setting for astrobiologically-inclined graduate students and early career researchers to come together to share their research, to collaborate, and to network.
AbGradCon 2020 marks the 16th year of this conference—each time in a different place and organized by a different group of students, but always with the original charter as a guide. This year's conference will be held in Asia for the first time.The theme of this year's conference is "International Collaboration".
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| 21-Oct 9
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Europlanet Science Congress *New Dates*,
Virtual
The intention of the Europlanet Science Congress 2020 is to cover a broad area of science topics related to planetary science and planetary missions. The program of the congress will include oral and poster sessions, and it will emphasize workshops and panel discussions to encourage interaction between participants.
The Scientific Organizing Committee of the EPSC2020 invites all planetary scientists to participate in the congress, submit contributions to the topical sessions and share their research with colleagues and friends. We look forward to welcoming you in Granada, Spain.
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| 22-25
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Comet-Like Activity of Small Bodies in the Solar System,
Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia
The workshop will provide a cross-disciplinary knowledge exchange on physics of the small bodies in the Solar system revealing a comet-like activity, new cometary missions (Comet Interceptor, Destiny+) and related ground-based observational campaigns.
The workshop will be held in Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, September 22-25, 2020.
The workshop is organized by the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Tatranska Lomnica.
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| 28-Oct 2
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From Clouds to Planets II: The Astrochemical Link,
Berlin, Germany
During the conference, we will make a journey through space and time, starting from interstellar clouds and then moving to cloud filaments and dense cores on the verge of star formation, to protostars and their embedded disks, to planet-forming disks to exoplanet and finally landing in our Solar System, while delving into laboratory facilities and theoretical calculations and simulations. Each evening, before dinner, there will be a general talk on each topic of the conference (the “aperitive talk”), to allow all communities to understand better the “big picture” and to facilitate finding links across disciplines, which always provide fertile ground in our journey towards understanding our astrochemical origins.
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October 2020 |
| 5-7
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Martian Geological Enigmas: From the Late Noachian Epoch to the Present Day (#marsenigmas2020) *Postponed*,
Houston, Texas
The Enigma Workshop is trans-chronological and encourages the participation of planetary scientists whose work has unearthed or addressed quandaries relating to Mars' atmosphere, surface/near-surface, and/or interior across the ages.
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| 12-16
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71st International Astronautical Congress 2020,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
With the theme “Inspire, Innovate, and Discover for the Benefit of Humankind”, the IAC 2020 looks forward to making a contribution to humanity and to science by strengthening and enhancing cooperation between all countries in the space sector.
This is your chance to inspire the next generation, and to architect the further development and expansion of the space sector’s growing ecosystem. In fact, the IAC 2020 could be your opportunity to contribute in breakthroughs that revolutionize the future of space exploration.
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| 12-16
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Thermal Infrared Astronomy - Past, Present and Future,
Garching, Germany
The workshop has been postponed until October 12-16, 2020, because of the travel restrictions due to COVID-19. We ask all participants who registered for the earlier date to register again to confirm their attendance in October. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this shift of the workshop dates, but the well being of our participants is our first priority.
In this workshop we aim to bring together the experts in the field to review the science highlights from ESO's thermal IR instruments TIMMI, TIMMI2, VISIR, MIDI and MATISSE as well as those at other observatories, such as COMICS, Michelle and T-ReCS. We will review some future facilities, and we will compare techniques and approaches for observations and calibrations, with the aim to reach the theoretical limit, the background-limited performance.
Currently planned sessions are: past, present and future of thermal IR instruments at ESO and other observatories; exoplanets in the thermal IR, VISIR NEAR; solar system planets, comets, NEO and distant asteroids; star formation: dust, protostellar disks, young stellar objects, low mass stars; planet formation, protoplanetary disks; dust factories: low/intermediate mass (AGB, PN), high-mass (RSG, LBV, WR, SN), evolved stars (AGB, PN, WR), dusty shells; extragalactic star formation, dusty galaxies (LIRG/ULIRG), active galaxies (AGN, QSO), hot galaxy disks; technological development, new instruments/detectors, instrumentation (ELT and other ground/space/air-borne facilities); calibration issues, especially flux and spectroscopic standard stars; advanced data reduction methods: new strategies for background subtraction, modeling of the thermal stray light, modeling approach in telluric correction; preparation for future of the thermal IR astronomy.
We also intend to host a 90 min (splinters) + 60 min (plenary) discussion session with the aim to identify the key science drivers for ground-based thermal-IR astronomy and which technology developments these require.
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| 18-21
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International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Automation in Space (#isairas2020),
*Virtual*
For over three decades, the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS) has brought together researchers and practitioners from the national space agencies to share information on achievements, progress, and plans.
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| 25-28
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GSA Annual Meeting,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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| 25-30
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52nd Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society,
Spokane, Washington
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| 26-31
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Ultraviolet Astronomy in the XXI Century,
Vitoria, Spain
Every 3 years, the Network for Ultraviolet Astronomy organizes a Workshop to coordinate international action on the needs and means for Ultraviolet astronomy. In October 2020, the NUVA will hold its 5th workshop.
The topics covered in the NUVA workshops include an in-depth review of the scientific needs and objectives, as well as an update on technological developments and status of projects. This workshop is especially important, being held at a time when major investments in UV astronomy are being discussed, and coordination is needed. In addition, the UV Astronomy Working Group within Division B (Facilities, Technologies and Data Science) of the I.A.U. has elaborated a proposal for a standard UV photometric system that requires review and approval by the UV community.
We look forward to a wide participation.
Like many meetings, this workshop will be held subject to the status of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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November 2020 |
| 4-6
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Apophis T–9 Years: Knowledge Opportunities for the Science of Planetary Defense *New Dates*,
*Virtual*
This workshop will explore the dynamical details and corresponding science opportunities presented by the April 13, 2029 near-miss passage of the asteroid Apophis. Knowledge is the first line of planetary defense, and the 2029 Apophis encounter is a once-per-thousand-year opportunity for investigating an asteroid as large as 350 meters passing within 6 Earth-radii. Time is of the essence as we have less than a decade to plan Earth-based and possible in-situ missions whose measurements can deliver unprecedented detailed knowledge on the physical nature of Apophis as the proto-type example (poster child) of potentially hazardous asteroids.
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| 5-6
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Outer Planet Moon-Magnetosphere Interaction Workshop,
Noordwijk, Netherlands
The focus of this workshop is the interaction between the outer planet moons in our Solar System and their magnetospheric environment, in preparation of upcoming missions like JUICE and Europa Clipper.
Suggested topics include but are not limited to: upstream and local variability of the moons' magnetospheric environments; interaction processes between magnetospheres and moon surfaces and exospheres, including the role of dust and the interaction with irregular satellites (for example Thebe and Amalthea).
Abstracts addressing moon-magnetosphere interaction from all disciplines are welcome, including ground-based and Earth-orbit based observation, simulation results, theory, in-situ and remote sensing data analysis. We welcome results from past missions such as Voyager, Galileo and Cassini-Huygens, and current missions such as Hisaki and JUNO.
Please note that the number of participants is limited to 60 people.
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| 9-13
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Astrobiology 2020,
Vredefort Dome, South Africa
Astrobiology 2020 will trace the pathway to life on Earth and beyond from the simple chemistry established in astrophysical environments, through the formation and evolution of planetary systems, to beyond the beginnings of life, as informed by studies of the very earliest terrestrial fossil record. Astrobiology 2020 is the first international astrobiology conference ever held in Africa.
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| 9-14
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36th International Geological Congress (IGC) (postponed from original date of March 2–8),
New Delhi, India
With as many as 12 plenary talks by outstanding geoscientists from across the globe, 44 science themes, 71 exciting field trips across India and neighboring countries, a far-reaching geohost program, a massive geoexpo, and many other attractions, the Congress promises to be a truly memorable experience.
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| 11-13
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Hera Workshop,
Nice, France
The Hera workshop is open to all parties involved in the Hera mission and to the whole small body community. It will take place April 20–22, 2020 in Nice. The progress and future plans of the scientific and operational preparation of the Hera mission, organized in 5 working groups, will be discussed. The meeting will be 3 full days.
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| 16-18
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18th Meeting of the Venus Exploration Group (VEXAG),
Pasadena, California
Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) Meeting #18 will be held November 16–18, 2020, at the Caltech Beckman Institute Auditorium, Northwest corner of the Caltech Campus (near the intersection of Del Mar Boulevard and Wilson Avenue).
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| 16-20
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Magnetism and Accretion,
Cape Town, South Africa
This conference will cover a variety of topics under the theme of magnetism and accretion, including: compact binaries with accreting white dwarfs, neutron stars, or black holes; disk/jet connections; AGN and blazars; proto-stellar systems, YSOs, and planets; GRBs, kilonovae, and associated objects; and computer simulations of magnetically controlled accretion.
This conference will focus on the study of objects and physical processes that occur when magnetic fields influence accretion. These include magnetically dominated regions around accreting sources, including black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, young stellar objects and planets. Despite the differences between these sources in terms of mass, radius, and formation history, they are all characterized and influenced by the presence of magnetic fields, which regulate the interaction between the accreting object, its potential companion and the surrounding environment.
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| 17-19
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3rd Annual Interstellar Probe Exploration Workshop (#interstellarprobe),
Silver Spring, Maryland
The workshop is being organized for heliophysicists, planetary scientists, astrophysicists, and engineers from all over the world. The purpose of the workshop is to gather together and discuss the objectives, design, and operations for a near-term, pragmatic Interstellar Probe mission.
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| 18-20
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5th International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions 2020,
Tokyo, Japan
The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for collaboration, exchange of ideas and information, and discussions in the area of the instruments, subsystems, and other payload-related technologies needed to address planetary science questions.
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| 30-Dec 4
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Modeling, Observing, and Understanding Flows and Magnetic Fields in the
Earth's Core and in the Sun,
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Like many other stars and planets, the Earth and the Sun possess magnetic fields built by dynamo action. Unlike the magnetism of most other astrophysical objects, though, the Solar and terrestrial fields have been closely studied for generations, yielding a wide variety of observational constraints that continue to challenge theory and defy prediction. Both analytical theory and numerical simulations have cumulatively yielded significant insight into how both objects build their magnetism, but a comprehensive understanding of this process has remained elusive.
This meeting will aim to scrutinize and assess the results of such modelling efforts by comparison to the vast and ongoing array of observations of both the Earth and the Sun. By studying the detailed constraints provided by these two objects, we aim to gain insight into the dynamo process in stars and planets more generally. One aim of the meeting will be to examine the complementary constraints provided by direct numerical simulation and by other methods — e.g., reduced systems of equations valid in an appropriate asymptotic limit. We may aim to identify future targets for numerical simulation, seeking both to identify tractable problems that could test mathematical dynamo theories, and to determine routes by which numerical models could be made more realistic. Another topic of interest is the role played by waves (influenced by rotation, magnetism, and buoyancy) in the dynamo process, and the prospects for using any observable signatures of such waves to infer information. We will also discuss methods (including data assimilation techniques) that aim to turn dynamo models intro predictive tools, and assess the ultimate limits of such predictability.
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December 2020 |
| 7-11
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AGU Fall Meeting,
San Francisco, California
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March 2021 |
| 15-19
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52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (#lpsc2021),
The Woodlands, Texas
This conference brings together international specialists in petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, geology, and astronomy to present the latest results of research in planetary science.
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April 2021 |
| 12-16
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16th Spacecraft Charging and Technology Conference (#SCTC2021) *New Dates*,
Cocoa Beach, Florida
The SCTC is an international series focusing on the science and technology of electrical charging of spacecraft by the space environment.
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June 2021 |
| 8-11
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Mercury 2021,
Orléans, France
Mercury 2021 : Current and Future Science of the Innermost Planet will focus on all scientific aspects of Mercury, including both the current state of knowledge and the prospects for future endeavors. The meeting will welcome and encourage participation by the wide-ranging and diverse international Mercury science community, covering topics such as Mercury’s: exosphere and magnetosphere dynamics; surface geology and composition; deep interior geophysics and planetary evolution; and fundamental physics with Bepi-Colombo.
In addition, the latest plans and developments from BepiColombo’s unprecedented mission to explore Mercury with two spacecraft's will be shared and discussed.
It will feature both oral and poster presentations (poster being prepared in A0 format with longest dimension vertically). Some splinter meetings will be organized during the conference such as the Young Scientist Working Group splinter.
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| 8-11
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Mercury: Current and Future Science of the Innermost Planet,
Orléans, France
As with the Mercury 2018 meeting, the Mercury 2020 meeting will focus on all scientific aspects of the planet Mercury, including both the current state of knowledge and the prospects for future endeavors. The meeting will welcome and encourage participation by the wide-ranging and diverse international Mercury science community, covering topics such as Mercury’s:
- exosphere and magnetosphere,
- surface geology and composition,
- deep interior geophysical and geochemical structure, and
- origin and evolution in the context of the Solar System.
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| 20-25
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Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Conference *New Dates*,
Flagstaff, Arizona
After much thought and consideration, we have made the decision to cancel and reschedule the Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Conference that was to be held June 14-19, 2020, in Flagstaff, Arizona, due to the
rapid spread of and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus. The welfare and safety of our community and staff is very important to us.
Watch for updates on rescheduled dates. All participants should cancel their current hotel reservations and travel arrangements for June 14-19, 2020.
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