GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 84
Monday, 10 October 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
501 (Colorado Convention Center)

T100. Tiny Worlds with Big Potential: Exploring Small Bodies throughout the Solar System

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Kynan Hughson, Jennifer Scully and Debra Buczkowski, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
SPACE EXPLORATION OF PRIMITIVE AND METALLIC ASTEROIDS: A SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE FOR THE NASA LUCY AND PSYCHE MISSIONS (Invited Presentation)
MARCHI, Simone, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St Ste 300, Boulder, CO 80302-5142
8:25 AM
CURVILINEAR GULLIES, LOBATE DEPOSITS AND PITTED TERRAIN ON VESTA AND CERES FORMED BY TRANSIENT, BRINE-MOBILIZED FLOWS
SCULLY, Jennifer1, POSTON, Michael J.2, CAREY, Elizabeth M.3, BAKER, Samantha R.4, CASTILLO-ROGEZ, Julie C.5, RAYMOND, Carol A.5 and MC KEOWN, Lauren6, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78238, (3)Airborne Snow Observatories, Mammoth Lakes, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546, (4)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
8:40 AM
TERRESTRIAL PINGOS AS MORPHOMETRIC AND GEOPHYSICAL ANALOGS FOR SMALL HILLS ON CERES
HUGHSON, Kynan1, SCHMIDT, Britney E.2, QUARTINI, Enrica2, MICHAELIDES, Roger3, SIEGFRIED, Matthew4, MULLEN, Andrew5, BRADFORD, John H.3, SCULLY, Jennifer6, SWIDINSKY, Andrei7 and SIZEMORE, Hanna8, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, (2)Department of Astronomy, Cornell, Ithaca, NY 14850, (3)Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (4)Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, (5)School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30332, (6)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (7)Department of Earth Science, University of Totonto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (8)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719-2395
8:55 AM
THERMAL INFRARED LABORATORY STUDIES OF ANALOG MATERIALS: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERPRETING REMOTE SENSING OBSERVATIONS OF SOLAR SYSTEM AIRLESS BODIES (Invited Presentation)
DONALDSON HANNA, Kerri, Physics Department, University of Central Florida, 4111 Libra Drive, Orlando, FL 32816, BOWLES, Neil E., Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom and GREENHAGEN, Benjamin T., Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11101 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723
 
9:15 AM
Discussion: Asteroids
9:30 AM
CHARACTERIZING THE IN SITU GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PLANETARY REGOLITH—SPARTA
ANDERSON, Robert, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., MS 183-601, Pasadena, CA 91109, CHIN, Keith, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., MS 277-207, Pasadena, CA 91109, SOLLITT, Luke, NASA Ames Research Center, De France Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043, BUCZKOWSKI, Debra, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd., MS 200-W230, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, WYRICK, Danielle, Southwest Research Institute, DOHM, James M., Exploration Institute, 710 N Post Oak Rd, Ste 400, Houston, TX 77024-3812, LONG-FOX, Jared, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, 400 Central Florida Ave, Orlando, FL 32816, SAKIMOTO, Elliott, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Brown Hall, 1610 Illinois St,, Golden, CO 80401 and ZACNY, Kris, Honeybee Robotics, 2408 Lincoln Ave, Altadena, CA 91001
9:45 AM
THERMAL, CHEMICAL, AND RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LUNAR HIGHLAND SIMULANTS
PATRIDGE, Austin1, MORRISON, Aaron2 and WHITTINGTON, Alan1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, (2)University of MissouriGeological Sciences, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211-0001
10:00 AM
FIBER OPTIC SENSORS ON THE MOON
DONAHUE, Carly and GAO, Kai, Earth and Environmental Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Rd, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545
10:15 AM
A GLOBAL LUNAR IMPACT BOMBARDMENT ~800 MA AGO RECORDED IN LUNAR IMPACT GLASSES
HUANG, Ya Huei1, MINTON, David A.2, ELLIOTT, J.R.2, ANDRONICOS, C.2, NGUYEN, Pham Qui3 and ZELLNER, Nicolle4, (1)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (3)Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, (4)Albion College, Physics, 611 E Porter St, Albion, MI 49224-1831
10:30 AM
WHY DO LUNAR MAGMA OCEAN COOLING MODELS STRUGGLE TO REPRODUCE A GRAIL-ERA CRUSTAL THICKNESS?
CONE, Kim1, ELARDO, Stephen2, PALIN, Richard M.3, SPERA, Frank4, BOHRSON, Wendy A.1 and ASTUDILLO MANOSALVA, Daniel F.2, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (4)Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
 
10:45 AM
Discussion: Moon
11:00 AM
FROM CRATERS TO CONVECTING ICE SHEETS: A GLOBAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF PLUTO
SINGER, Kelsi N., Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, WHITE, Oliver, SETI, Mountain View, CA 94043, WILLIAMS, David, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, MOORE, Jeff M., NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS-245-3, Moffett Field, CA 95129 and LOPES, Rosaly M.C., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech, Pasadena, CA 91109
11:15 AM
BOLOMETRIC HEMISPHERICAL ALBEDO MAP OF PLUTO
HOFGARTNER, Jason1, BURATTI, Bonnie2, BEYER, Ross3 and HOWETT, Carly1, (1)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)The SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043
11:30 AM
CATACLYSM FROM EARTH TO THE KUIPER BELT: A N2-LIQUID MEGA-FLOOD HYPOTHESIS FOR THE FORMATION OF WASHBOARD AND FLUTED TERRAINS ON PLUTO
YIN, An and MILLER, Julia, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
 
11:45 AM
Discussion: Pluto
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