GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 211
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A (Colorado Convention Center)

P3. Exploring the Third Zone: The Geology of Pluto, Charon, and the Kuiper Belt

GSA Planetary Geology Division; AGU Planetary Sciences Section
William B. McKinnon, S. Alan Stern and Jeffrey M. Moore, Conveners
 
1:30 PM
Introduction: What is the "Third Zone"?
1:35 PM
NEW HORIZONS AT PLUTO: OVERVIEW OF RESULTS AND PLANS FOR EXPLORATION AFTER THE PLUTO SYSTEM
STERN, S. Alan, Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St., Boulder, CO 80302, astern@swri.edu
1:55 PM
GEOLOGY OF PLUTO AND CHARON
HOWARD, Alan D.1, MOORE, Jeffrey M.2, MCKINNON, William B.3, SPENCER, John R.4, SCHENK, Paul M.5, BEYER, Ross6, NIMMO, Francis7, WHITE, Oliver Luke8, SINGER, Kelsi N.9, UMURHAN, Orkan10, STERN, S. Alan11, ENNICO, Kimberly2, OLKIN, Cathy4, WEAVER, Harold A.12, YOUNG, Leslie A.11, GRUNDY, William M.13 and TEAM, New Horizons Science4, (1)Department of Environmental Sciences, Univerisity of Virginia, PO Box 400123, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129, (3)Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (4)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (5)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, (6)NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA 94035, (7)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (8)NASA, Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, (9)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St #300, Boulder, CO 80302, (10)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035, (11)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, (12)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (13)Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, ah6p@virginia.edu
2:15 PM
SURFACE COMPOSITIONS OF PLUTO AND CHARON
OLKIN, C.B.1, STERN, S.A.2, REUTER, D.C.3, GRUNDY, W.M.4, PROTOPAPA, S.5, SCHMITT, B.6, PHILIPPE, S.6, EARLE, A.M.7, BINZEL, R.P.7, COOK, J.C.1, CRUIKSHANK, D.P.8, DALLE ORE, C.M.8, ENNICO, K.8, WEAVER, H.A.9 and YOUNG, L.A.1, (1)Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, (2)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, (4)Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (5)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, (6)Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble, France, (7)MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, (8)NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA 94035, (9)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, colkin@boulder.swri.edu
2:30 PM
GEOPHYSICS OF THE PLUTO SYSTEM
NIMMO, Francis1, MCKINNON, William B.2, MOORE, Jeffrey M.3, SCHENK, Paul M.4, ROBERTS, James H.5, BEYER, Ross6, BIERSON, Carver J.1, STERN, S. Alan7, OLKIN, Cathy8, LISSE, Carey M.9 and UMURHAN, Orkan10, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (2)Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129, (4)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, (5)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (6)NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA 94035, (7)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, (8)Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, (9)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (10)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035, fnimmo@es.ucsc.edu
2:45 PM
COUSINS TWICE REMOVED:  THE PLUTO V. TRITON KUIPER BELT RIVALRY REVISITED
SCHENK, Paul M., Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, schenk@lpi.usra.edu
3:00 PM
PLUTO IS THE NEW MARS!
MOORE, Jeffrey M.1, MCKINNON, William B.2, SPENCER, John R.3, HOWARD, Alan D.4, GRUNDY, William M.5, STERN, S. Alan3, WEAVER, Harold A.6, YOUNG, Leslie A.7, ENNICO, Kimberly1 and OLKIN, Cathy3, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129, (2)Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (4)Department of Environmental Sciences, Univerisity of Virginia, PO Box 400123, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123, (5)Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (6)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (7)Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, jeff.moore@nasa.gov
3:20 PM
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF DWARF PLANET CERES FROM DAWN
RAYMOND, Carol A.1, RUSSELL, C.T.2, AMMANNITO, E.3, BUCZKOWSKI, D.L.4, CASTILLO-ROGEZ, J.C.1, COMBE, J-P.5, DE SANCTIS, M.C.6, JAUMANN, R.7, MCCORD, T.B.5, MCSWEEN, H.Y.8, NATHUES, A.9, PRETTYMAN, T.H.10 and SCHENK, P.M.11, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences/IGPP, University of California, Los Angeles, 603 Charles Young Drive, 3845, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (3)EPSS-IGPP, UCLA, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90025, (4)Space Departrment, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (5)Bear Fight Institute, P.O. Box 667, 22 Fiddler's Rd, Winthrop, WA 98862, (6)INAF, Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Rome, Italy, (7)German Aerospace Center (DLR) Berlin, Institute of Planetary Research, Rutherfordstrasse 2, Berlin, D-12489, Germany, (8)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (9)Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, (10)Planetary Science Institute, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107, (11)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, carol.a.raymond@jpl.nasa.gov
3:40 PM
CERES: THE DWARF PLANET NEXT DOOR
RIVKIN, Andrew S., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 21046, andy.rivkin@jhuapl.edu
3:55 PM
PHOEBE: COMPOSITIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON ORIGIN
JOHNSON, Torrence, 2440 Mar Vista, Altadena, CA 91001, mejohnson17@att.net
4:10 PM
COLD CLASSICAL KBO 2014 MU69: READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP
SPENCER, John R.1, STERN, S. Alan1, BUIE, Marc W.1, PARKER, Alex H.1, PORTER, Simon B.1, BENECCHI, Susan D.2, KAVELAARS, J.J.3, BINZEL, Richard4, GWYN, Stephen3, OLKIN, Cathy1, THOLEN, David J.5, VERBISCER, Anne J.6, WEAVER, Harold A.7 and ZANGARI, Amanda M.1, (1)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (2)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, (3)Herzberg Inst. of Astrophysics, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, (4)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (5)Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 96822, (6)University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, (7)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, spencer@boulder.swri.edu
 
4:30 PM
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
4:35 PM
PLUTO AND THE HUMAN IMAGINATION
GRINSPOON, David, Planetary Science Institute, 4826 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, david@funkyscience.net
 
5:05 PM
Panel Discussion