GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 48
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)

T160. Friends of Hoth: Satellites of the Outer Solar System

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
D. Alex Patthoff, Emily S. Martin and W.B. McKinnon, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT PLUTO FROM NEW HORIZONS MISSION (Invited Presentation)
YOUNG, Leslie A.1, MOORE, Jeffrey M.2, SPENCER, John R.3, MCKINNON, William B.4, GRUNDY, William M.5, GLADSTONE, G. Randall6, STERN, S. Alan3, WEAVER, Harold A.7, OLKIN, Cathy3, ENNICO, Kimberly2 and LINSCOTT, Ivan8, (1)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (4)Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (5)Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (6)Southwest Research Institute, Space Science & Engineering Division, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 78228, (7)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (8)Stanford University, 350 Serra Mall, David Packard #319, Stanford, CA 94305, layoung@boulder.swri.edu
1:55 PM
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF PLUTO'S WATER-ICE RICH SPOTS AT NEAR INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
COOK, J.C.1, SINGER, K.N.2, CRUIKSHANK, D.P.3, DALLE ORE, C.M.4, ENNICO, K.5, GRUNDY, W.M.6, OLKIN, C.B.7, PROTOPAPA, S.8, STERN, S. Alan7, WEAVER, H.A.9, YOUNG, L.A.10, SCHMITT, B.11, PHILIPPE, S.11, STANSBERRY, J.A.12, BINZEL, R.P.13, EARLE, A.M.13, HOWETT, C.J.Α.10, PARKER, A.H.10, VERBISCER, A.J.14, REUTER, D.C.15, LUNSFORD, A.W.15 and JENNINGS, D.E.15, (1)unaffiliated, 10416 Garland Ln, Westminster, CO 80021, (2)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St., Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035; SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, (5)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, (6)Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (7)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (8)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, (9)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (10)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, (11)Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble, France, (12)Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, (13)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (14)University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, (15)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, jccook@boulder.swri.edu
2:10 PM
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT CHARON FROM NEW HORIZONS? (Invited Presentation)
GRUNDY, W.M.1, BERRY, K.L.2, BEYER, R.A.3, BINZEL, R.P.4, BRAY, V.J.5, BUIE, M.W.6, BURATTI, B.J.7, CHENG, A.C.8, COOK, J.C.9, CRUIKSHANK, D.P.3, DALLE ORE, C.M.10, EARLE, A.M.4, ENNICO, K.3, JENNINGS, D.E.11, HOWETT, C.J.Α.6, KAISER, R.I.12, LAUER, T.R.13, LINSCOTT, I.R.14, LISSE, C.M.8, LUNSFORD, A.W.11, MCKINNON, W.B.15, MOORE, J.M.3, NIMMO, F.16, OLKIN, C.B.6, PARKER, A.H.6, PARKER, J.Wm.6, PHILIPPE, S.17, PROTOPAPA, S.18, QUIRICO, E.17, REITSEMA, H.J.19, REUTER, D.C.11, ROBBINS, S.J.6, SCHENK, P.M.20, SCHMITT, B.17, SCIPIONI, F.3, SHOWALTER, M.R.21, SINGER, K.N.6, SPENCER, J.R.6, STANSBERRY, J.A.22, STERN, S.A.6, TSANG, C.C.C.6, TYLER, G.L.14, UMURHAN, O.M.3, VERBISCER, A.J.23, WEAVER, H.A.8, WHITE, O.L.3, YOUNG, L.A.6 and ZANGARI, A.M.6, (1)Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)Northern Arizona University and United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, (4)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (5)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (6)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, (7)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Cañada Flintridge, CA, (8)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (9)unaffiliated, 10416 Garland Ln, Westminster, CO 80021, (10)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035; SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, (11)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, (12)University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, (13)National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ, (14)Stanford University, 350 Serra Mall, David Packard #319, Stanford, CA 94305, (15)Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (16)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (17)Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble, France, (18)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, (19)Ball Aerospace (retired), Boulder, CO, (20)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, (21)SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, (22)Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, (23)University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, w.grundy@lowell.edu
2:30 PM
GEOLOGIC MAP OF NEW HORIZONS' ENCOUNTER HEMISPHERE OF CHARON, II
ROBBINS, Stuart J.1, SPENCER, John R.1, BEYER, Ross2, SCHENK, Paul M.3, MOORE, Jeffrey M.4, MCKINNON, William B.5, YOUNG, Leslie A.6, OLKIN, Cathy1, ENNICO, Kimberly4, WEAVER, Harold A.7 and STERN, S. Alan1, (1)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (2)NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA 94035, (3)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129, (5)Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (6)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, (7)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, stuart@boulder.swri.edu
2:45 PM
PLUTO SYSTEM CRATERING HISTORY AND SURFACE AGES (Invited Presentation)
SINGER, Kelsi N.1, MCKINNON, William B.2, GREENSTREET, Sarah3, GLADMAN, Brett4, PARKER, Alex1, ROBBINS, Stuart J.5, SCHENK, Paul M.6, SPENCER, John R.5, STERN, S. Alan5, BRAY, Veronica J.7, WEAVER, Harold A.8, HOWARD, Alan D.9, YOUNG, Leslie A.10, OLKIN, Cathy5, ENNICO, Kimberly11, MOORE, Jeffrey12, BINZEL, Richard13 and TEAM, New Horizons Science5, (1)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St #300, Boulder, CO 80302, (2)Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (3)Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Goleta, CA 93117, (4)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, (5)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (6)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, (7)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (8)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (9)Department of Environmental Sciences, Univerisity of Virginia, PO Box 400123, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123, (10)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, (11)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129, (12)NASA Ames Research Center, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129, (13)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, ksinger@boulder.swri.edu
3:00 PM
AN IMPACT BASIN ORIGIN FOR SPUTNIK “PLANITIA” AND SURROUNDING TERRAINS, PLUTO
MCKINNON, William B.1, SCHENK, Paul M.2, MOORE, Jeffrey M.3, HOWARD, Alan D.4, NIMMO, Francis5, SINGER, Kelsi N.6, BRAY, Veronica J.7, YOUNG, Leslie A.8, OLKIN, Cathy9, ENNICO, Kimberly3, WEAVER, Harold A.10 and STERN, S. Alan9, (1)Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (2)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129, (4)Department of Environmental Sciences, Univerisity of Virginia, PO Box 400123, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (6)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St #300, Boulder, CO 80302, (7)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (8)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, (9)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (10)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, mckinnon@wustl.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
SCIENCE OF THE NASA EUROPA MISSION
PAPPALARDO, Robert T.1, SENSKE, David2, PROCKTER, Louise3 and HAND, Kevin P.1, (1)Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 321-560, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109; Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 321-560, Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)Planetary Exploration Group, Applied Physics Lab, MP3-E178, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, robert.pappalardo@jpl.nasa.gov
3:45 PM
INVESTIGATING THE INTERIOR OF ICY WORLDS WITH SMALL APERTURE SEISMIC ARRAYS
SCHMERR, Nicholas C.1, LEKIC, Vedran1, PANNING, Mark2, HURFORD, Terry3, RHODEN, Alyssa4 and GARNERO, Edward5, (1)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Planetary Systems Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (4)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (5)EarthScope National Office, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 876004, Tempe, AZ 85287-6004, nschmerr@umd.edu
4:00 PM
MODELING THE FORMATION OF CYCLOIDS AND WAVY LINEAMENTS ON EUROPA RESULTING FROM DIURNAL, OBLIQUITY, AND NONSYNCHRONOUS ROTATION STRESSES IN A VISCO-ELASTIC ICE SHELL
PATTHOFF, D. Alex, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, PAPPALARDO, Robert T., Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 321-560, Pasadena, CA 91109, ISMAILYAN, Andre, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 90605, SINCLAIR, Peter, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, LI, Jessica, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, AYTON, B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 and DUBOIS, David, University of Versailles, St. Quentin, France, apatthoff@psi.edu
4:15 PM
DETAILED CHARACTERIZATION OF EUROPA'S RIDGE MORPHOLOGY
HEITMEIER, Janelle A.F.1, MARTIN, Emily S.2, BRETZFELDER, Jordan M.3, PATTHOFF, D. Alex4, COLLINS, Geoffrey C.5 and WATTERS, Thomas R.2, (1)The Department of Geology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (2)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (3)Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (4)Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, Pasadena, CA 91109, (5)Physics and Astronomy, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 02766, heitmeja@whitman.edu
4:30 PM
THE IMPORTANCE OF STRESSES FROM A PRESSURIZED REGIONAL SEA ON ENCELADUS (Invited Presentation)
JOHNSTON, Stephanie, CRESST/GSFC, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250 and MONTESI, Laurent, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, 237 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742, Stephanie.A.Johnston@nasa.gov
4:50 PM
EXPLORING THE FORMATION OF DIONE’S WISPY TERRAINS
MARTIN, Emily S.1, PATTHOFF, D. Alex2, MCDANIEL, Jessica3 and WATTERS, Thomas R.1, (1)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (2)Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, martines@si.edu
5:05 PM
DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF CRYOGENIC LIQUID ALKANES, AND THE FATE OF PROPANE IN SEAS ON TITAN
MITCHELL, Karl L.1, BARMATZ, Martin B.2, JAMIESON, Corey S.3, MALASKA, Michael J.2, MASTROGIUSEPPE, Marco4, LUNINE, Jonathan5, HAYES, Alexander G.6, LORENZ, Ralph7, CHOUKROUN, Mathieu8, SODERBLOM, Jason9 and LE GALL, Alice10, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-601, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)Astronomy, Cornell University, 410 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, (5)Astronomy, Cornell University, 402 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, (6)Astronomy, Cornell University, 412 Space Science Building, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, (7)Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (8)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (9)Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, (10)Laboratoire Atmospheres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Universite Versailles Saint-Quentim (UVSQ), 11 bd d'Alembert, Guyancourt, 78 280, France, Karl.L.Mitchell@jpl.nasa.gov
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