CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 199
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room L100H-J (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Special Session: Planetary Geology Division 30th Anniversary—Then And Now: The Past 30 Years Of Solar System Exploration

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Simon A. Kattenhorn and David A. Williams, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:35 PM
THREE DECADES OF MARS EXPLORATION
SQUYRES, Steven W., Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, squyres@astro.cornell.edu, squyres@astro.cornell.edu
2
1:50 PM
THE PLUTO SYSTEM
MOORE, Jeffrey, NASA Ames Research Center, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129 and STERN, S. Alan, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, jeff.moore@nasa.gov, jeff.moore@nasa.gov
3
2:05 PM
THE MAJOR MOONS OF URANUS AND NEPTUNE
MOORE, Jeffrey, NASA Ames Research Center, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129, MCKINNON, William B., Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, PAPPALARDO, Robert T., Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 321-560, Pasadena, CA 91109 and SCHENK, Paul M., Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, jeff.moore@nasa.gov, jeff.moore@nasa.gov
4
2:20 PM
FROM VOYAGER TO CASSINI: 30 YEARS OF EXPLORING TITAN'S GEOLOGY
BARNES, Jason W., Department of Physics, University of Idaho, Campus Box 440903, Moscow, ID 83844-0903, jwbarnes@uidaho.edu, jwbarnes@uidaho.edu
5
2:35 PM
SATURN'S ICY MOONS: FROM CASSINI (GIOVANNI) TO CASSINI (ORBITER)
SCHENK, Paul M., Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, N/A, N/A
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2:50 PM
ICY MOONS OF JUPITER: WORLDS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT
MCKINNON, William B., Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, mckinnon@wustl.edu, mckinnon@wustl.edu
 
3:05 PM
Break
7
3:20 PM
IO: FROM VOYAGER TO NEW HORIZONS
LOPES, Rosaly M.C., Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91109 and WILLIAMS, David A., School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287, rosaly.m.lopes@jpl.nasa.gov, rosaly.m.lopes@jpl.nasa.gov
8
3:35 PM
THIRTY YEARS OF ASTEROID SCIENCE: AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES
RIVKIN, Andrew S., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 21046, andy.rivkin@jhuapl.edu, andy.rivkin@jhuapl.edu
9
3:50 PM
EXPLORING THE LUNAR POLES
BUSSEY, Ben, Applied Physics Lab, MP3-E180, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, ben.bussey@jhuapl.edu, ben.bussey@jhuapl.edu
10
4:05 PM
VENUS: STILL THE LABORATORY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF HABITABLE PLANETS
LIMAYE, Sanjay S., Office of Space Science Education, University of Wisconsin, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53708 and SAUNDERS, R. Stephen, Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA, Edgerton, WI 53534, Sanjayl@ssec.wisc.edu, Sanjayl@ssec.wisc.edu
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4:20 PM
A TALE OF TWO SPACECRAFT: THE EXPLORATION OF MERCURY
SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, scs@dtm.ciw.edu, scs@dtm.ciw.edu
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4:35 PM
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WATER AND CLIMATE ON MARS
HEAD, James W., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 and FASSETT, Caleb I., Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, James_Head@brown.edu, James_Head@brown.edu
 
4:50 PM
Discussion
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