P41E
Exploring the Kuiper Belt: New Horizons Reaches the Pluto System I

Thursday, 17 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
2022-2024 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Fran Bagenal, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Leslie Ann Young, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Jeffrey M Moore, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Chairs:  Fran Bagenal, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and S Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Leslie Ann Young, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States
08:00
A First Look at the Geology of Charon (Invited) (62114)
John R Spencer1, Jeffrey M Moore2, William B McKinnon3, Alan Stern1, Harold A Weaver Jr4, Leslie Ann Young5, Catherine Olkin5, Kimberly Ennico Smith2 and The New Horizons Geology, Geophysics and Imaging Science Theme Team, (1)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (4)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
08:18
Charon as Seen by New Horizons in the Infrared (69897)
Cristina Dalle Ore1, Dale P Cruikshank2, Alan Stern3, Leslie Ann Young4, Kimberly Ennico Smith2, William M Grundy5, Catherine Olkin4, Harold A Weaver Jr6 and New Horizons Surface Composition Science Theme Team, (1)SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (6)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States
08:30
Comparisons Between New Horizons Results and Long-Term Monitoring of Pluto (69761)
Marc W Buie1, Alan Stern2, Leslie Ann Young1, Harold A Weaver Jr3, Catherine Olkin1, Kimberly Ennico Smith4, Jeffrey M Moore5, William M Grundy6 and New Horizons Geology and Geophysics Investigation and Composition Teams, (1)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)NASA Ames, Moffet Field, CA, United States, (5)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (6)Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
08:42
Processes Modifying Cratered Terrains on Pluto (70481)
Jeffrey M Moore1, Alan D Howard2, Oliver L White1, Orkan M Umurhan1, Paul Schenk3, Ross A Beyer1, William B McKinnon4, Kelsi N Singer5, John R Spencer5, Alan Stern6, Harold A Weaver Jr7, Leslie Ann Young5, Kimberly Ennico Smith1, Catherine Olkin5 and the New Horizons Geology and Geophysics Imaging Theme Team, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)University of Virginia Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (3)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, (4)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (5)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States
08:54
Geomorphic Evolution of Sputnik Planum and Surrounding Terrain (71195)
Alan D Howard1, Jeffrey M Moore2, Oliver L White3, Orkan M Umurhan4, Paul Schenk5, Ross A Beyer2, William B McKinnon6, Kelsi N Singer7, John R Spencer7, Alan Stern8, Harold A Weaver Jr9, Leslie Ann Young7, Kimberly Ennico Smith2, Catherine Olkin7 and New Horizons Geology and Geophysics Imaging Team, (1)University of Virginia Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (4)SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States, (5)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, (6)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (7)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States
09:06
Geomorphological Mapping of Sputnik Planum and Surrounding Terrain on Pluto (71069)
Oliver L White1, S Alan Stern2, Harold A Weaver Jr3, Catherine Olkin4, Kimberly Ennico Smith5, Leslie Ann Young4, Jeffrey M Moore6, Andrew F. Cheng3 and The New Horizons GGI Theme Team, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Dept Space Studies, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NASA Ames, Moffet Field, CA, United States, (6)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
09:18
Craters on Pluto and Charon: The Influence of Low Gravities, Low Impact Speeds, and Unique Ices (70906)
Kelsi N Singer1, Paul Schenk2, William B McKinnon1, Stuart J Robbins3, Jeffrey M Moore4, Veronica J Bray5, John R Spencer3, S Alan Stern6, William M Grundy7, Ross A Beyer4, Carly Howett3, Cristina Dalle Ore8, Oliver L White9, Alex Harrison Parker3, Simon Porter3, Amanda Marie Zangari3, Leslie Ann Young3, Catherine Olkin3, Kimberly Ennico Smith4, Harold A Weaver Jr10 and The New Horizons Geology, Geophysics and Imaging Science Theme Team, and The New Horizons Surface Composition Science Theme Team , (1)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (2)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (5)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Dept Space Studies, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (8)SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States, (9)NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (10)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States
09:30
Radii and Shape of Pluto and Charon: Preliminary Results from New Horizons (66444)
Francis Nimmo1, Carey Michael Lisse2, Orkan M Umurhan3, William B McKinnon4, Marc W Buie5, Tod Lauer6, Ross A Beyer7, Jeffrey M Moore7, Alan Stern8, Harold A Weaver Jr2, Catherine Olkin5, Kimberly Ennico Smith7, Leslie Ann Young5, Carver Jay Bierson9 and The New Horizons Geology Geophysics and Imaging Team, (1)University of California-Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States, (4)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (5)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ, United States, (7)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (8)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
09:42
New Insights into the Structure, Origin, and Evolution of Pluto and Charon (Invited) (60898)
William B McKinnon1, Alan Stern2, Harold A Weaver Jr3, John R Spencer4, Francis Nimmo5, Carey Michael Lisse3, Orkan M Umurhan6, Jeffrey M Moore7, Marc W Buie4, Simon Porter4, Catherine Olkin4, Leslie Ann Young4, Kimberly Ennico Smith8 and New Horizons Geology, Geophysics and Imaging Theme Team, (1)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University of California-Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (6)SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States, (7)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (8)NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA, United States
 
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